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Navicular

/nəˈvikyələr/

Adjective

1. Shaped like a boat. (wiktionary.org)

2. Cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses. (biology-online.org)

Noun, pl. naviculars

1. (Anatomy) A navicular bone. (wiktionary.org)

2. The largest wrist bone on the thumb side. (wordnetweb.princeton.edu)

3. A boat-shaped bone in the ankle or wrist, esp. that in the ankle between the talus and the cuneiform bones. (Google Dictionary)

4. A disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse’s foot. (biology-online.org)

Word origin: From Late Latin navicularis “pertaining to a boat,” from navicula, diminutive of navis “ship”