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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The bone enclosed inside a horse's hoof.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The last phalanx of a horse's foot; the distal phalangeal bone. See hoof.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The bottommost bone in the equine leg, encased by the hoof capsule.

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