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bone

Main Entry:: bone
Pronunciation:: \ˈbōn\
Function:: noun
Usage:: often attrib

1 : one of the hard parts of the skeleton of a vertebrate <a shoulder bone> <the bones of the arm>

[bone illustration]

2 : any of various hard animal substances or structures (as baleen or ivory) akin to or resembling bone 3 : the hard largely calcareous connective tissue of which the adult skeleton of most vertebrates is chiefly composed <cancellous bone> <compact bone>—compare cartilage

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