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oracle bones

oracle bones is the plural of oracle bone.

Meaning of oracle bone

Noun

oracle bone (plural oracle bones)

  1. A piece of turtle shell or bone used for divination during the late Shang dynasty of China.

Questions about oracle bones

What is oracle bones the plural of?
Oracle bones is the plural of oracle bone.

Words near oracle bones in the dictionary

  1. orachs
  2. oracies
  3. oracle
  4. oracle bone
  5. oracle bone script
  6. oracle bones
  7. oracle card
  8. oracle cards
  9. oracle machine
  10. oracle machines
  11. oracled

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