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cuneiform noun

  /kjuˈni.ə.fɔɹm/ , /kjʊˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔːm/ , /ˈkju.nɪ.fɔɹm/ , /ˈkjuː.ni.ɪ.fɔːm/ , /ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/
  • An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
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  • (anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
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