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Tilly bone

Tilly bone noun: a fish vertebra with hyperostosis.

Noun

Tilly bone (plural Tilly bones)

  1. A fish vertebra with hyperostosis.

Forms of Tilly bone

pluralTilly bones

Origin of Tilly bone

Named after German-American paleontologist Tilly Edinger.

Questions about Tilly bone

What does Tilly bone mean?
Tilly bone means a fish vertebra with hyperostosis.
What part of speech is Tilly bone?
Tilly bone is a noun.
What is the plural of Tilly bone?
The plural of Tilly bone is Tilly bones.

Words near Tilly bone in the dictionary

  1. tillows
  2. tills
  3. Tillson
  4. Tillsons
  5. tilly
  6. Tilly bone
  7. Tilly bones
  8. tilly-fally
  9. tilly-vally
  10. Tillyfourie
  11. Tillynaught

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