Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bone having a large cavity filled with air, as in birds. Owen. Specifically, the atmosteon (which see).

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  • & FW) today claimed that the germ infecting the villagers was air-bone and that it was contacted not from drinking water or the foods they share.

    Flu Wiki Forum - Front Page 2009

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