carpometacarpus

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kär′pə met′ə kär′pəs, -met′ə kär′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
car•po•met•a•car•pus  (kär′pə met′ə kär′pəs, -met′ə kär′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pi (-pī).USA pronunciation [Ornith.]
  1. Birdsthe bone of a bird's wing formed by fusion of the carpal and metacarpal bones.
  2. Birdsthe part of the wing supported by this bone.
  • carpo-2 + metacarpus

'carpometacarpus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
carpometacarpal

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