Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scaphoid"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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)

{Scaphoid bone}
(a) One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the
radius; the radiale.
(b) One of the tarsal bones; the navicular bone. See under
{Navicular}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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