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Petrous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling rock or stone in its hardness. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French petreux, from Latin petrōsus, from petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

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