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cross-bone

noun

Etymology

From cross + bone, a calque of German Kreuzbein (“sacrum”).

  1. derived from *bʰeyh₂-✻ — “to hit, strike, beat”
  2. inherited from *bainą✻ — “bone”
  3. inherited from bān — “bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”
  4. inherited from bon
  5. formed as cross-bone — “cross + bone”

Definitions

  1. The sacrum.

    • Next comes the cross-bone (sacrum), which is inserted between the two halves of the pelvic girdle. This cross-bone consists of five fixed and amalgamated cross-vertebræ.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cross-bone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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