The incus is one of the three auditory ossicles.
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Ossicle
//ˈɒsɪkəl//
Synonyms for "ossicle" (17 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (5)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (8)
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7 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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1 entriespart of
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21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
25 translations across 19 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- gehoorbeentjie noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Breton
1 entries- askornig noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Bulgarian
1 entries- костица noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Catalan
1 entries- ossicle noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Czech
2 entries- kůstka noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
- sluchová kůstka noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Dutch
2 entries- beentje noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
- gehoorbeentje noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Finnish
1 entries- kuuloluu noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
French
1 entries- osselet noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
German
1 entries- Gehörknöchelchen noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Hungarian
1 entries- hallócsont noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Italian
1 entries- ossicino noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hestîkê bihîstinê noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Polish
3 entries- kosteczka noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
- kostka noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
- płytka (wapienna) noun (bone-like plate)
Portuguese
2 entries- ossinho noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
- ossículo noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Spanish
1 entries- huesecillo noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кі́сточка noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Walloon
1 entries- oxhlet noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Welsh
2 entries- asgyrnyn noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
- esgyrnyn noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Zazaki
1 entries- binagos noun (small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The skeleton of echinoderms is made of ossicles, linked to each other via muscles and connective tissue.
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The eyeballs were surrounded by a ring of bones, the sclerotic ossicle, which probably protected their eyes when diving abruptly for prey.
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