Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small bone; an ossicle: as, bonelets of the ear.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a small bone; especially one in the middle ear.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small bone; especially one in the middle ear
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Examples
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It has nothing to do with the knuckles and derives from the German “Knochel” (dialectically Knochelein) a bonelet.
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It has nothing to do with the knuckles and derives from the German "Knochel" (dialectically Knochelein) a bonelet.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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