WordNet
n. a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions [syn: os breve]
Wikipedia
Short bones are designated as those bones that are as wide as they are long. Their primary function is to provide support and stability with little to no movement. They are one of five types of bones: short, long, flat, irregular and sesamoid. Examples of these bones include the tarsals in the foot and the carpals in the hand.
Usage examples of "short bone".
One of these merrow-who had drawn the short bone when it and its fellows had cast lots for the task-now stood in the marble council chamber of Ascarle handing over the grim details to the illithid who ruled as Regent and to the black-bearded man who prowled the room like a caged bear.
He saw what appeared to be several lengths of short bone and scraps of cloth littering the beach.
Two of the Chitchatuk had hurled themselves down that shaft, braking their fall with their boots and short bone knives throwing ice splinters above them, and I was about to squeeze in when Cuchiat grabbed my shoulder.
They carried short bone bows and quivers of long arrows fletched with hawk feathers.