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huckle bone

huckle bone noun: the hip bone.

Noun

huckle bone (plural huckle bones)

  1. (obsolete) The hip bone.
  2. (obsolete) The anklebone.
    • Ἀστράγαλος is in Latin, talus, and it is the little ſquare huccle bone, in the ancle place of the hinder legge in all beaſtes, ſauing man, […]1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Philippus Kyng of Macedonie”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious...

Forms of huckle bone

pluralhuckle bones
alternative formhuckle-bone
alternative formhucklebone

Questions about huckle bone

What does huckle bone mean?
Huckle bone means the hip bone.
What part of speech is huckle bone?
Huckle bone is a noun.
What is the plural of huckle bone?
The plural of huckle bone is huckle bones.

Words near huckle bone in the dictionary

  1. huckers
  2. Huckes
  3. Huckin
  4. hucking
  5. huckle
  6. huckle bone
  7. huckle bones
  8. huckleback
  9. hucklebacks
  10. huckleberried
  11. huckleberries

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