OSSICLE

ossicle. ossicle, bone:

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ossicle. Ossicle, n. a small or little bone, a stone of fruit

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Os″si‐cle (?), n. [[L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a bone.]] 1. 1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.
2. 2. (Zoöl.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.