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Having bones in the fins, as certain fishes.

A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.

Abnormal hardness and density of bone.

Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.

The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.

Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis.

A genus of plectognath fishes having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes.

One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.

An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. An overissue of government paper. Brougham.

A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing. Blackstone. Oyer and terminer (Law), a term used in England in commissions directed to judges of assize about to hold court, directing them to hear and determine cases brought before them. In the U.S. the phrase…

A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl. Fresh-water oyster (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Etheria, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach themselves to r…

nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose.

x; to pack fish. Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. Addison. Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. Shak.

Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.

Of or pertaining to the palate. Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.

e skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.

al value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.

Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals. -- n.

Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals. -- n.