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ulnares

ulnares is the plural of ulnare.

Meaning of ulnare

Noun

ulnare (plural ulnares)

  1. One of the carpal bones, situated at the distal end of the ulna.
    • For more than 50 years, it has been known that some lobe-finned fish have homologues of two wrist bones, the intermedium and ulnare.2009 February 11, Neil Shubin et al., “Deep homology and the origins of evolutionary novelty”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7231, →DOI, pages 818–823

Questions about ulnares

What is ulnares the plural of?
Ulnares is the plural of ulnare.

Words near ulnares in the dictionary

  1. ulnar loop
  2. ulnar loops
  3. ulnar nerve
  4. ulnar nerves
  5. ulnare
  6. ulnares
  7. ulnarly
  8. ulnarmost
  9. ulnarward
  10. ulnarwards
  11. ulnas

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