Found 2 items, similar to Ossicle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ossicle
ossicle
n : a small bone; especially one in the middle ear [syn:
bonelet,
ossiculum]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ossicle
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.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous small calcareous structures
forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the
starfishes.
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