KNUCKLEBONE


Meaning of KNUCKLEBONE in English

/nuk"euhl bohn'/ , n.

1. (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.

2. (in quadrupeds) a bone homologous with a wrist, ankle, or finger bone of humans, or its knobbed end.

[ 1400-50; late ME; see KNUCKLE, BONE ]

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