one of the parts that make up the framework of an animal's body
piece of animal skeleton
Cases of word usage
1) the last bone at the bottom of the spine (coccyx)
2) to put (a bone in the body) out of position (dislocate)
3) to put a bone out of the right or usual position (displace)
4) (an instance of) breaking or being broken, e.g. of a bone (fracture)
5) either of the bone structures (lower and upper jaw) containing the teeth; the part of a tool, machine, etc between which things are gripped or crushed (jaw)
6) a bone at a finger-joint; (in animals) a knee-joint (knuckle)
7) (of) a bone in the hand (metacarpal)
8) a group of people formed for a common purpose; a bone in a finger or toe (phalanx)
9) a strip of wood etc used to keep a broken bone in the right position (splint)
10) a metal piece hanging down from a saddle, for a rider's foot; a bone in the ear (stirrup)