\Sphe*not"ic\, a. [Spheno- + ???, ???, the ear.]
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone.
{Sphenotic bone} (Anat.), a bone on the anterior side of the
   auditory capsule of many fishes, and connected with, or
   adjoining, the sphenoid bone.

\Sphe*not"ic\, n. (Anat.)
The sphenotic bone.