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LACRIMAL BONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lacrimal bone" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("lacrimal bone" is a part of...):
cranial orbit; eye socket; orbit; orbital cavity (the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball)