CANNON BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cannon bone mean? 

• CANNON BONE (noun)
  The noun CANNON BONE has 1 sense:

1. greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals

  Familiarity information: CANNON BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANNON BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cannon bone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("cannon bone" is a part of...):

cannon; shank (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)