The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

palatine \pal"a*tine\, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.)
   Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal.
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   Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in
      the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between
      the maxillaries.
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