A small bone or bony protuberance, often used in anatomy to describe small bone structures or ossifications.
From bone + -let diminutive suffix (from Old French -let, ultimately from Latin -illus). The diminutive ending creates a term for smaller versions of the root word, common in anatomy and natural history.
Every small bone in your ear—those famous ossicles—could technically be called bonelets, though anatomists prefer Latin names that make the structures sound more impressive than they actually are.
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