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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cannon bone
the greatly developed middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of hoofed mammals, extending from the hock to the fetlock.

Etymology: (1825–35; cannon in obs. sense “tube”)

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1. (noun) cannon bone
greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals

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1. cannon bone
see Canon Bone

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