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Afrikaans
Etymology
Compound of gehoor (“hearing”) + beentjie (“small bone”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ge‧hoor‧been‧tjie
Noun
gehoorbeentjie (plural gehoorbeentjies)
- (anatomy) auditory ossicle; one of the three ossicles found inside the middle ear
- Hypernym: ossikel
- Hyponyms: aambeeld, hamer, stiebeuel