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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, a. [L. navicularius fr navicula,
dim. of navis ship: cf F. naviculaire.]
1. Of pertaining to or resembling, a boat or ship.
2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as the navicular
glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.
{Navicular bone}. (Anat.)
a One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding
to the centrale; -- called also {scaphoid}.
b A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the
scaphoid.
{Navicular disease} (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular
bone, or the adjacent parts in a horse's foot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, n. (Anat.)
The navicular bone.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
navicular
adj : (anatomy) shaped like a boat [syn: {scaphoid}]
n : the largest wrist bone on the thumb side [syn: {scaphoid
bone}, {os scaphoideum}]
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