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ossicle |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ossicle \Os"si*cle\, n. [L. ossiculum, dim. of os ossis, a bone.] 1. A little bone; as the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ossicle n : a small bone; especially one in the middle ear [syn: {bonelet}, {ossiculum}]
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