cannon bone

See also: cannon-bone

English

Noun

cannon bone (plural cannon bones)

1. A bone resulting from the fusion of metacarpals or metatarsals in some artiodactyls.
2. The metacarpal of a horse.
3. The metatarsal of a horse.

Translations

metacarpal of a horse

• Bulgarian: пищял (bg) m (pištjal)
• Finnish: etusääriluu
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• Latin: os cannon n

metatarsal of a horse

• Finnish: takasääriluu
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