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noun
Either of two bones of the skull of vertebrates above the fishes which lie in front of the frontal bones and in humans are oblong in shape forming by their junction the bridge of the nose and partly covering the nasal cavity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nasal, os nasale
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bone, os
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