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SPLINT BONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rudimentary metacarpal or metatarsal bone on either side of the cannon bone in the leg of a horse or related animal
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Hypernyms ("splint bone" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)