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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cuneiform /ˈkjuːnɪfɔːm, kjuːˈneɪɪfɔːm/

▶adjective

1 denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit.

2 chiefly Biology wedge-shaped.

3 Anatomy denoting three bones of the tarsus between the navicular bone and the metatarsals.

▶noun cuneiform writing.

– origin C17: from Fr. cunéiforme or mod. L. cuneiformis, from L. cuneus ‘wedge’.

'cuneiform' also found in these Oxford entries:

cylinder seal - graphic - Hurrian - navicular - Old Persian - Ugaritic

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