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anklebones

anklebones is the plural of anklebone.

Meaning of anklebone

Noun

anklebone (plural anklebones)

  1. The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
    • And immediatly his fete ãd anclebones receaved ſtrenght / and he ſprange / ſtode / ãd alſo walked / ãd entred with them into the temple walkinge / and leapynge / and laudynge god.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Actes off the Apostles iij:[7–8], folio clvii, recto

Questions about anklebones

What is anklebones the plural of?
Anklebones is the plural of anklebone.

Words near anklebones in the dictionary

  1. ankle-high
  2. ankle-highs
  3. anklebiter
  4. anklebiters
  5. anklebone
  6. anklebones
  7. ankled
  8. ankleful
  9. anklefuls
  10. ankleless
  11. anklelike

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