单词 | cannon bone |
释义 | cannon bonenoun Zoology.the greatly developed middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of hoofed quadruped mammals, extending from the hock to the fetlock. Origin of cannon bone1825–35; cannon in obsolete sense “tube” Words nearby cannon bonecannon, cannonade, cannonball, cannonball pulse, cannonball tree, cannon bone, cannoneer, cannon fodder, cannonry, Cannon's ring, cannot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cannon bone
British Dictionary definitions for cannon bonecannon bone nouna bone in the legs of horses and other hoofed animals consisting of greatly elongated fused metatarsals or metacarpals Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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