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adj
Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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adjective satellite
(of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: stonelike
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History
From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French petreux, from Latin petrōsus, from petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
