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CUBOID BONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cuboid bone" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("cuboid bone" is a part of...):
tarsus (the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively)