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CANNON BONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cannon bone" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("cannon bone" is a part of...):
cannon; shank (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)
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