earbone

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earbone

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From ear + bone.

noun earbones

Any bone in the ear. This earbone criterion may seem esoteric — until we learn that the evolution of that bone structure is related to the development of a single lower jaw, which in turn, is associated with the fact that mammals, unlike, say, lizards, have differentiated teeth that allow for different kinds of chewing.

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noun any bone in the year

Español	huesecillo del oído
Português	ossículo
Français	osselet de l'ouïe
Deutsch	Gehörknöchelchen

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@misc{earbone_2026,
  title = {earbone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/earbone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}