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navicular
[ nuh-vik-yuh-ler ]
- boat-shaped, as certain bones.
- Also na·vic·u·lar·e [] the bone at the radial end of the proximal row of the bones of the carpus.
- the bone in front of the talus on the inner side of the foot.
navicular
- shaped like a boat
- a small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or foot
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The hulls, navicular in form and having a flat bottom, are constructed of one-tenth inch iron plate and 40x40 angle iron.
You've a lot to learn about navicular, you 'ave, if you can talk such rot as that!
She took navicular and jolted off her pins: trotted ten miles an hour on the stubs after she cast her hoofs.
Three bones enter into its formation: the second phalanx, the third phalanx, and the navicular bone.
The lower articulatory surface is formed by the third phalanx and the navicular bone combined.
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