n. 1. A comma-shaped bone of the human wrist, located in the first row of carpals. 2. A concave bone of the human foot, located between the talus and the metatarsals. In both senses also called scaphoid. adj. Shaped like a boat; scaphoid. [From Latin nāvicula, boat, diminutive of nāvis, ship; see nāu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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