Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ossicle"
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) 1.7 (wn)
ossicle
n : a small bone; especially one in the middle ear [syn: {bonelet},
{ossiculum}]
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