na|vic|u|lar

na|vic|u|lar
na|vic|u|lar «nuh VIHK yuh luhr», adjective, noun.
–adj.
resembling a boat in shape, as certain bones; scaphoid.
–n.
1. a) a bone of the human foot between the talus and the metatarsals. b) a bone of the human wrist shaped like a comma. It is one of the eight short bones that make up this joint.
2. a small, oval bone in the foot of a horse.
╂[< Late Latin nāviculāris of a ship < Latin nāvicula (diminutive) < nāvis ship]

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