ossicle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small bone; especially one in the middle ear
    bonelet; ossiculum.

WordNet

Os"si*cle noun
Etymology
L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a bone.
Definitions
  1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.
  2. (Zoöl.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.

Webster 1913