Definition of bone

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Bone (n.) Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.

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Desquamation :: Desquamation (n.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones..
Boned :: Boned (a.) Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish..
Ruell Bone :: Ruell bone () See rewel bone.
Table :: Table (n.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the cranium..
Collagen :: Collagen (n.) The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue..
Opercle :: Opercle (n.) Any one of the bony plates which support the gill covers of fishes; an opercular bone.
Furcula :: Furcula (n.) A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.
Osteocolla :: Osteocolla (n.) A kind of glue obtained from bones.
Rhynchocephala :: Rhynchocephala (n. pl.) An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia..
Parethmoid :: Parethmoid (a.) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals..
Scapula :: Scapula (n.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
Bonesetter :: Bonesetter (n.) One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones..
Splinterproof :: Splinter (n.) A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot..
Rorqual :: Rorqual (n.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback..
Lachrymal :: Lachrymal (a.) Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct..
Urohyal :: Urohyal (n.) A urohyal bone or cartilage.
Omosternum :: Omosternum (n.) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle..
Galantine :: Galantine (n.) A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold..
Coaptation :: Coaptation (n.) The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint..
Femur :: Femur (n.) The thigh bone.
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