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HEELBONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heelbone mean?
• HEELBONE (noun)
The noun HEELBONE has 1 sense:
1. the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel
Familiarity information: HEELBONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
calcaneus; heelbone; os tarsi fibulare
Hypernyms ("heelbone" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("heelbone" is a part of...):
foot; human foot; pes (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)
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