Meaning Of The Word Cannon bone

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cannon bone in American English
the bone between hock or knee and fetlock in a four-legged, hoofed animal
noun: the greatly developed middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of hoofed quadruped mammals, extending from the hock to the fetlock

cannon bone in British English
noun: a bone in the legs of horses and other hoofed animals consisting of greatly elongated fused metatarsals or metacarpals

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