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The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.
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n.
A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.
n.
The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.
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Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish.
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An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water.
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Having small bones.
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An auditory ossicle.
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One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.
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Same as Ossicle.
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Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.
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of Ossiculum
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One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.
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The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far.
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