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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cu·ne·i·form /kjʊˈniəˌfɔrm, ˈkjun(i)ə-/
 (a.)楔形的,楔形文字的,楔狀骨的楔形文字,楔狀骨

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 cu·ne·i·form /kjʊˈnɪəˌfɔrm, ˈkjun(ɪ)ə-/ 形容詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cu·ne·i·form Cu·ni·form a.
 1. Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded.
 2. Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them. “A cuneiform scholar.”

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cu·ne·i·form, Cu·ni·form , n.
 1. The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions.
 2. Anat. (a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform, mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively. (b) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cuneiform
      adj 1: shaped like a wedge [syn: wedge-shaped, cuneal]
      2: of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped
         bones)
      n : an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and
          Persia