round bone

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round bone - bones that are round in shape

bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

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The buffalo bladder contains a round bone pin as an anchor pin.

Red Horse's tipi maker's bundle

Loin chops have a small T bone in the centre, and chump chops have a small round bone (there's not a lot of difference between them taste-wise).

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Each strand dug in, one by one, counted and smoothed individually, until her skull is covered by a silver mass of silk, and she ties it all back in a knot at her neck, securing it with a small round bone, a small round white thin bone that she stares at for some time, unsure of its purpose, a small round white thin bone left over from her morning construction with no seeming application.