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Meaning of osselet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A little bone.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
  3. A hard substance growing on the inside of a horse's knee.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“Such maladies as osteoarthritis of various joints (spavin in the hocks, ringbone in the pasterns, osselets in the fetlocks, navicular disease in the heels of the forefeet) are very common, as is chronic lower back soreness (coldback) in the lumbar, sacral, and thoracic regions.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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