metapodiale

English

Noun

metapodiale (plural metapodialia)

1. (anatomy, dated) Alternative spelling of metapodial
   • 1907, William Corless Mills, Explorations of the Edwin Harness mound, page 56:

     The bone usually employed in making the needle was the metapodiale bone of the deer and elk.

References

• “metapodiale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.