SPLINT BONE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A rudimentary metacarpal or metatarsal bone on either side of the cannon bone in the leg of a horse or related animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("splint bone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

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