- navicular
- Resembling a boat, or boat shaped
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
navicular
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Navicular — Na*vic u*lar, a. [L. navicularius, fr. navicula, dim. of navis ship: cf. F. naviculaire.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship. [1913 Webster] 2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
navicular — adj. anat. Que tiene forma de navecilla. Medical Dictionary. 2011. navicular hueso … Diccionario médico
navicular — naviculár adj. m., pl. naviculári; f. sg. naviculáră, pl. naviculáre Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic NAVICULÁR, Ă adj. În formă de nacelă, de barcă. [cf … Dicționar Român
navicular — adjetivo 1. Que tiene forma de nave o barca pequeñita: hoja navicular, tallo navicular … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
navicular — (Del lat. naviculāris). 1. adj. De forma abarquillada o de navecilla. Hojas, tallos naviculares. 2. m. Anat. hueso escafoides. ☛ V. fosa navicular, hueso navicular … Diccionario de la lengua española
Navicular — Na*vic u*lar, n. (Anat.) The navicular bone. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
navicular — adj. 2 g. 1. Que tem feitio de navio ou de navícula. 2. [Anatomia] Que tem uma cavidade oblonga. 3. osso navicular: o escafoide … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
Navicular — Navicular, lat. dtsch., schifförmig; N. bein, schifförmiges Bein der Fußwurzel … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
navicular — (adj.) boat shaped, 1540s, from L.L. navicularis pertaining to a boat, from navicula, dim. of navis ship (see NAVAL (Cf. naval)) … Etymology dictionary
navicular — [nə vik′yə lər] adj. [LL navicularis < L navicula, dim. of navis, a ship: see NAVY] shaped like a boat: said esp. of certain bones n. any of various boat shaped bones; esp., a) the outer bone of the first row of carpals in the wrist b) a bone… … English World dictionary
navicular — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English naviculare, from Latin navicula boat, diminutive of navis Date: 15th century 1. shaped like a boat < a navicular bone > 2. of, relating to, or involving a navicular bone < navicular disease > II … New Collegiate Dictionary
