petrous

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

(of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness

Adj

Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French petreux, from Latin petrōsus, from petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Synonyms

stonelike

Scrabble Score: 9

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Words With Friends Score: 11

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