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ossicle
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ossicle \Os"si*cle\, n. [L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a
bone.]
1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum
of the ear.
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2. (Zool.) One of numerous small calcareous structures
forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the
starfishes.
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