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Definition of Osselet
1. n. A little bone.
Definition of Osselet
1. a substance growing on the inside of a horse's knee [n -S]
Medical Definition of Osselet
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1. A little bone.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Osselet
Literary usage of Osselet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1830)
"being composed of two branches cemented together at their two extremities, is
very visible; as also is the little osselet which stands for a thumb. ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1880)
"760) is the internal bone, or osselet, of a Cephalopod, answering to the pen of
... 119) ; and its ink-bag was contained within the cavity of the osselet. ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1875)
"760) is the internal bone, or osselet, of a Cephalopod, answering to the pen of the
... 760 is really only the lower and stouter part of the osselet: its ..."
4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"760) is the internal bone, or osselet, of a Cephalopod, answering to the pen of the
... 760 is really only the lower and stouter part of the osselet : its ..."
5. Petrifactions and Their Teachings; Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic by Gideon Algernon Mantell (1851)
"An external Capsule, which invested the guard, or osselet ... The osselet,
characterised by its fibrous radiated structure, terminates distally in ..."
6. Catalogue of Casts of Fossils: From the Principal Museums of Europe and by Henry Augustus Ward (1866)
"The osselet of this genus is characterized by a wide shaft, and is frequently
accompanied by a well-preserved ink- bag. The specimen shows the muscular ..."
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