Petrous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling rock or stone in its hardness. not-comparable
- 2 Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness wordnet
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From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French petreux, from Latin petrōsus, from petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).