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osselets

osselets is the plural of osselet.

Meaning of osselet

Noun

osselet (countable and uncountable, plural osselets)

  1. A little bone.
  2. (archaic) The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish.
    Synonyms:
    cuttlebone
  3. A hard substance growing on the inside of a horse's knee.
    • Such maladies as osteoarthritis of various joints (spavin in the hocks, ringbone in the pasterns, osselets in the fetlocks, navicular disease in the heels of the forefeet) are very common, as is chronic lower back soreness (coldback) in the lumbar, sacral, and thoracic regions.1992, Barbara T. Engel, Margaret L. Galloway, Therapeutic Riding Programs

Questions about osselets

What is osselets the plural of?
Osselets is the plural of osselet.

Words near osselets in the dictionary

  1. ossein
  2. osseins
  3. ossel hitch
  4. ossel hitches
  5. osselet
  6. osselets
  7. Ossenfort
  8. Osseo
  9. osseo-
  10. osseoaponeurotic
  11. osseocartilaginous

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