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otosteals

otosteals is the plural of otosteal.

Meaning of otosteal

Noun

otosteal (plural otosteals)

  1. An auditory ossicle.
    • the otosteals , or ossicula auditus, have borne a prominent share in the discussions1848, Richard Owen, On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton

Questions about otosteals

What is otosteals the plural of?
Otosteals is the plural of otosteal.

Words near otosteals in the dictionary

  1. otosphere
  2. otospheres
  3. otospiralin
  4. otospondylomegaepiphyseal
  5. otosteal
  6. otosteals
  7. otosteon
  8. otosteons
  9. otosurgeon
  10. otosurgeons
  11. otosurgery

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