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spoke-bones

spoke-bones is the plural of spoke-bone.

Meaning of spoke-bone

Noun

spoke-bone (plural spoke-bones)

  1. A bone which has a tubercle where a tendon attaches to the inner and back part of it.
    • The tendon itself dips down between the flexors of the hand and fingers and the supinators of the fore arm, and is - inserted at the inner and back part of the tubercle of the spoke-bone.1845, Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Difform- Falter, page 426

Questions about spoke-bones

What is spoke-bones the plural of?
Spoke-bones is the plural of spoke-bone.

Words near spoke-bones in the dictionary

  1. spoke well of
  2. spoke with a forked tongue
  3. spoke wrench
  4. spoke wrenches
  5. spoke-bone
  6. spoke-bones
  7. spoke-dog
  8. spoke-dogs
  9. spoke-shave
  10. spoke-shaves
  11. spoked

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