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fontanelles

fontanelles is the plural of fontanelle.

Meaning of fontanelle

Noun

fontanelle (plural fontanelles)

  1. A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.
  2. A structural component of some woodwind instruments, such as recorders and shawms, resembling a barrel with holes bored into it, designed to protect the keywork and to allow the sound to project.

Questions about fontanelles

What is fontanelles the plural of?
Fontanelles is the plural of fontanelle.

Words near fontanelles in the dictionary

  1. Fontana
  2. Fontanas
  3. fontanel
  4. fontanellar
  5. fontanelle
  6. fontanelles
  7. fontanels
  8. Fontanes
  9. Fontanez
  10. Fontanezes
  11. fontange

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