roofing bone

noun

Any of the bones covering the brain, eyes, and nostrils in bony fishes and all land-living vertebrates.

Meanings

nounroofing bone (plural roofing bones)

plural roofing bones

  1. Any of the bones covering the brain, eyes, and nostrils in bony fishes and all land-living vertebrates.
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