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promontories |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Promontory \Prom"on*to*ry\, n.; pl {Promontories}. [ L. promonturium promunturium pro before + mons, montis, mountain: cf F. promontoire See {Mount}, n.] 1. (Phys. Geog.) A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape. Like one that stands upon a promontory. --Shak. 2. (Anat.) A projecting part Especially: a The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. b A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
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