| 释义 |
ˈnut-bone Now rare.
[f. nut n.1]
One of the sesamoid bones in the foot of a horse. Also applied to the navicular bone.
1615Crooke Body of Man 973 Pliny calles them ossa orbiculata round or nut-bones. 1766Compl. Farmer s.v. Shoeing, Thus the cannon-bone presses on the pastern, this on the coronary, the coronary upon the coffin, or foot-bone, and upon the nut-bone. 1816D. P. Blaine Vet. Art 74 Anterior extremities. Z. Navicular or nutbone. |
