Usually means: Muscle involved in jaw movement.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pterygoid muscle)

noun:  (anatomy) Either of two muscles arising respectively from the lateral and medial surfaces of the lateral pterygoid process which serve to move the mandible forwards and to the side.

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