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Webster 1913 Edition

Ossicle

Os′si-cle

,

Noun.

[L.

ossiculum

, dim. of

os

,

ossis

, a bone.]

1.

A little bone;

as, the auditory

ossicles

in the tympanum of the ear

.

2.

(Zool.)

One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ossicle

OS'SICLE

,

Noun.

[L. ossiculum.] A small bone.