navicular Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the largest wrist bone on the thumb side
    os scaphoideum; scaphoid bone.
  2. adjective satellite shaped like a boat
    scaphoid.

WordNet

Na*vic"u*lar adjective
Etymology
L. navicularius, fr. navicula, dim. of navis ship: cf. F. naviculaire.
Definitions
  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
  2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.
Na*vic"u*lar noun
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) The navicular bone.

Webster 1913