a. - Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied
to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and
Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded.
a. - Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped
characters, or the inscriptions in them.
n. - The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and
Assyrian inscriptions.
n. - One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first,
second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external,
middle, and internal, or ectocuniform, mesocuniform, and entocuniform,
respectively.
n. - One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the
ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.