navicular

A comma-shaped bone of the human wrist, located in the first row of carpals.

A concave bone of the human foot, located between the talus and the metatarsals.

Shaped like a boat; scaphoid.

Relating to small ships or boats; shaped like a boat; cymbiform. Specifically

In anatomy, scaphoid: applied to certain bones of the hand and foot. See II.

In entomology, oblong or ovate, with a concave disk and raised margins, as the bodies of certain insects.

In botany, resembling or belonging to the genus Navicula; boat-shaped.

In anatomy:

The scaphoid bone of the carpus; the radiale, or bone of the proximal row on the radial side of the wrist. See cut under hand.

The scaphoid bone of the tarsus, a bone of the proximal row, on the inner or tibial side, in special relation with the astragalus and the cuneiform bones. See cut under foot.