Fontanel

[Fr. fontanelle, a meeting of the seams of the skull; dim in. of fontaine, a fountain. L. Lat. font an ell a, an i ue in some part of the body, from Lat. fons, a fountain.] ( Anat.) The interstice or mould, as it is often called, which exists at birth between the frontal and parietal bones: it is closed by bony matter about the end of the third year. Fontanelle', in Iowa, a post-village of Adair co., abt. 50 miles W.S.W. of Des Moines. Fontenelle', in Nebraska, a post-village of Washington co., on the Elkhorn river, about 35 miles N.W. of Omaha. Fontara'bia, (properly Fuenterrabia ,) a fortified frontier and seaport-town of Spain, in Biscay, prov. Guipuzcoa, on a small neck of land, on the left bank of the Bid as so a, at its mouth, 20 m. W. by S. of Bayonne. The town used to be reckoned one of the keys of the kingdom, but its walls were levelled by the British troops in 1813. Ind . Fisheries. F. was taken, in 1521, by Francis I. of France; in 1719, by the Duke of Berwick. Pop . 8,370. Fon'tenay, or FONTENAY-LE-COMTE, a town of France, dep. La Vendée, cap. arrond, on the Vendée, 42 m. S.E. of Napoleon-Vendée. Manuf . Linen and woollen cloths, leather, . Рор . 8,768.