Definition of ossiculate
:having ossicles
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ossiculate
adjective
os·sic·u·late
\
-yələ̇t
,
-yəˌlāt
\
variants:
or
ossiculated
\-ˌlātə̇d\
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Origin and Etymology of ossiculate
ossiculate from New Latin ossiculatus, from Latin ossiculum + -atus -ate; ossiculated from New Latin ossiculatus + English -ed
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