Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osselet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-se-let
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A hard substance growing on the inside of a horse's knee.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Such maladies as osteoarthritis of various joints (spavin in the hocks, ringbone in the pasterns, osselets in the fetlocks, navicular disease in the heels of the forefeet) are very common, as is chronic lower back soreness (coldback) in the lumbar, sacral, and thoracic regions."

Etymology

French

Usage

Inflected Forms

osselets (plural)

Synonyms

cuttlebone

Questions

What does osselet mean?: A little bone.
Where does osselet come from?: French

How to pronounce osselet

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