cuneiforme

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noun One of the cuneiform bones of the wrist or of the instep: more fully called os cuneiforme, plural ossa cuneiformia. The three tarsal cuneiform bones are distinguished as cuneiforme internum, medium, and externum.

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The Third Cuneiform Bone (os cuneiforme tertium; external cuneiform) (Figs. 282, 283).

II. Osteology. 6d. The Foot. 1. The Tarsus 1918
The Second Cuneiform Bone (os cuneiforme secundum; middle cuneiform) (Figs. 280, 281).

II. Osteology. 6d. The Foot. 1. The Tarsus 1918
Fig. 56 -- Left foot of a Monitor Lizard (Varanus). f, fibula; m¹-m5, the five metatarsals, m ⊃ 1 being that of the hallux; t, tibia; 1, astragalo-calcaneum; 2, cuboides; 3, ecto-cuneiforme.

The Common Frog 1874
/IL Trichomanes {cuneiforme ') frondibus bipinnatis, foliolis alternis dichotomis pinnatis, pinnis alternis cuneiformibus incisis, fructificationi - bus truncato - laceris.

Species plantarum : exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas 1797