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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ossicle \Os"si*cle\, noun [L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a bone.]
1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ossicle
noun: a small bone; especially one in the middle ear [syn: {bonelet}, {ossiculum}]
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