"roofing bone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: roofing bones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} roofing bone (plural roofing bones)
  1. Any of the bones covering the brain, eyes, and nostrils in bony fishes and all land-living vertebrates.
    Sense id: en-roofing_bone-en-noun-BsHUZhgI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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