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huckle bones

huckle bones is the plural of huckle bone.

Meaning of huckle 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...

Questions about huckle bones

What is huckle bones the plural of?
Huckle bones is the plural of huckle bone.

Words near huckle bones in the dictionary

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

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