Thesaurus: ossicle

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1. n. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.
2. n. One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.
3. n. a small bone; especially one in the middle ear
4. 1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear. 2. (Zoöl.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.
5. One of numerous small calcareous structures forming theskeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.
6. n:100 n. a small bone; especially one in the middle ear