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The largest wrist bone on the thumb side
Answer for the clue "The largest wrist bone on the thumb side ", 9 letters:
navicular
Word definitions for navicular in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Shaped like a boat. n. (context anatomy English) A navicular bone.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"boat-shaped," 1540s, from Late Latin navicularis "pertaining to a boat," from navicula , diminutive of navis "ship" (see naval ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, n. (Anat.) The navicular bone.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. shaped like a boat [syn: scaphoid ] n. the largest wrist bone on the thumb side [syn: scaphoid bone , os scaphoideum ]
Usage examples of navicular.
The first was from the vet saying he was 99 per cent sure Arthur had contracted navicular disease which meant he was a write-off for racing.
He pointed out the small pastern bone, the navicular, which can easily be chipped enough to lame a horse so badly it has to be put down.
She worked longer at the groove between the internal cuneiform and navicular bones, which should quicken his flagging energies.