(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:50:42

Cu"boid (k?"boid), a. [Cube + -oid: cf. Gr. .] Anat.

Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot.

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n. Anat.

The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.

 

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