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cuneiform bone | cunette | cuneus | cuniculus | cuniculus paca | cuniform | cunner | cunnilinctus | cunnilingus | cunning | cunningham

cuniform

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
cu=ni=form

CIDE DICTIONARY

cuniforma. [L. cuneus a wedge + -form: cf. F. cunei-forme. See Coin.].
  •  Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them.  Rawlinson.  [1913 Webster]
cuniformn. 
  •  The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions.  I. Taylor (The Alphabet).  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]

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