Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers;
[syn: metacarpal, metacarpal bone]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to the metacarpus;
- Example: "metacarpal bones"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Metacarpal \Met`a*car"pal\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the metacarpus. -- n. A metacarpal bone.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
metacarpal
adj 1: of or relating to the metacarpus; "metacarpal bones"
n 1: any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers [syn:
metacarpal, metacarpal bone]