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Navicular adj.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.

Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.

Navicular bone. (Anat.)

(a)

One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale; called also scaphoid.

(b)

A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid.

Navicular disease (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.

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Etymology of 'Navicular'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Navicular" Quotes from Famous Books

... side of each jaw; while the canine is moved up to the outer incisor, and there is a diastema, in the lower jaw. There are four complete toes on the hind foot, but the middle metatarsals usually become, sooner or later, ankylosed into a cannon bone. The navicular and the cuboid unite, and the distal end of the fibula ...

— Critiques and Addresses • Thomas Henry Huxley

... feet, it is generally the result of navicular disease or contraction of the feet. In the hind feet it is entirely caused by filthy stables, allowing the feet ...

— Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry • Pratt Food Co.

Words linked to "Navicular" : scaphoid bone, carpal bone, os scaphoideum, formed, carpal, wrist bone