Ossicle

[ɒsikl]

Definition

(noun.) a small bone; especially one in the middle ear.

Typist: Shirley--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.

(n.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.

Editor: Stephen