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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of a pair of compound bones forming the sides and base of the skull.
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- noun Either of two compound
bones that collectively make up the sides and base of theskull .
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- noun a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
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