What is "navicular bone"

Navicular \Na*vic"u*lar\, a. [L. navicularius, fr. navicula, dim. of navis ship: cf. F. naviculaire.]

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.

2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. Navicular bone. (Anat.)

   1. One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale; -- called also scaphoid.

   2. A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid.

      Navicular disease (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.

n. (context anatomy English) One of the tarsal bones of the foot or one of the carpal bones of the wrist.

The navicular bone is a small bone found in the feet of most mammals.