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- noun Plural form of
cuneiform .
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Examples
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On the cart lay the following: proximal and distal portions of a left femur; a fragment of proximal left fibula; two fragments of left tibia, one proximal, the other distal, including the mangled malleolus; a portion of left pelvis extending from the pubic bone out into the blade; the talus, navicular, and third and second cuneiforms from a left foot.
Spider Bones Kathy Reichs 2010
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The Apologue or Beast-fable proper, a theme which may be of any age, as it is found in the hieroglyphs and in the cuneiforms.
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The idea of Yahweh, or Yah, is palpably Egyptian, the Ankh or ever-living One: the etymon, however, was learned at Babylon and is still found amongst the cuneiforms.
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The late Mr. George Smith found amongst the cuneiforms fragmentary Beast-fables, such as dialogues between the Ox and the Horse, the Eagle and the Sun. In after centuries, when the conquests of Macedonian Alexander completed what Sesostris and
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She saw Conan the Barbarian comics jumbled with math equations and hadal cuneiforms.
Deeper Jeff Long 2007
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She saw Conan the Barbarian comics jumbled with math equations and hadal cuneiforms.
Deeper Jeff Long 2007
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The navicular articulates with four bones: the talus and the three cuneiforms; occasionally with a fifth, the cuboid.
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The first cuneiform bone is the largest of the three cuneiforms.
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It is situated between the other two cuneiforms, and articulates with the navicular behind, and the second metatarsal in front.
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The second cuneiform articulates with four bones: the navicular, first and third cuneiforms, and second metatarsal.
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