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BONELET

Dictionary entry overview: What does bonelet mean?

• BONELET (noun)
The noun BONELET has 1 sense:

1. a small bone; especially one in the middle ear

Familiarity information: BONELET used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BONELET (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A small bone; especially one in the middle ear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bonelet; ossicle; ossiculum

Hypernyms ("bonelet" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bonelet"):

auditory ossicle (ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear)

Holonyms ("bonelet" is a part of...):

middle ear; tympanic cavity; tympanum (the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear)

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