ossicle.
A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear.
Meaning & usage
A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear.
The incus is one of the three auditory ossicles.
Bone-like joint or plate. One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.
The skeleton of echinoderms is made of ossicles, linked to each other via muscles and connective tissue.
Bone-like joint or plate. One of the hard articuli or joints of the stem or branches of a crinoid or encrinite.
Bone-like joint or plate. One of the several small hard chitinous parts or processes of the gastric skeleton of crustaceans, as in the stomach of a lobster or crawfish.
Where this word comes from
Late 16th century, from Latin ossiculum (“little bone, ossicle”) from os (“bone”).
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