turbinaceous (terbinashius)

[Erroneous form for turbaceous, The real turbinaceous flavour no sooner reached the nose of the Captain than the beverage was turned down his throat with symptoms of most unequivocal applause. Scott , St. Ronan's Well, xiii. turbinal (ter'bi-nal), a. and n. [L. turbo ( tur bin- ), a top, + -al.] I. a. Same as turbinate. II. n. In zoöl. and an at .: (a) A turbinate bone; one of the spongy or scroll-like bones of the nasal pa ages specified as ethmoturbinal, maxilloturbinal , and sphenoturbinal (see the distinctive names). See turbinate , and the phrases there. (b) In the Ophidia , a bone of the skull different from (a). See the quotation, and cut under Pythonidæ . Forming the floor of the front part of the nasal chamber, on each side, is a large concavo-convex bone, which extends from the ethmoidal septum to the maxilla, protects the nasal gland, and is commonly termed a turbinal ; though, if it be a membrane-bone, it does not truly correspond with the turbinals of the higher Vertebrata. Huxley , Anat. Vert., p. 204. Alinasal turbinal. See alinasal .