CANNON BONE


Meaning of CANNON BONE in English

noun

Etymology: French canon, literally, cannon — more at cannon

: a bone in hoofed mammals that supports the leg from the knee or hock joint to the fetlock ; especially : the enlarged metacarpal or metatarsal of the third digit in the horse — compare metacarpus

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