CANNON BONE


Meaning of CANNON BONE in English

Function: noun

Etymology: French canon, literally, cannon

Date: 1834

: a bone in hoofed mammals that extends from the knee or hock to the fetlock especially : the enlarged metacarpal or metatarsal of the third digit of a horse

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