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 na·vic·u·lar /nəˈvɪkjəlɚ/
 船形的; 舟狀的

 na·vic·u·lar /nəˈvɪkjəlɚ/ 名詞
 舟狀的

 Na·vic·u·lar a.
 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
 2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.
 Navicular bone. Anat. (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale; -- called also scaphoid. (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid.
 Navicular disease Far., a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.

 Na·vic·u·lar, n. Anat. The navicular bone.
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 navicular
      adj : shaped like a boat [syn: scaphoid]
      n : the largest wrist bone on the thumb side [syn: scaphoid
          bone, os scaphoideum]