Petrous Definition

pĕtrəs
adjective
Of or like rock; hard; stony.
Webster's New World
Designating or of that part of the temporal bone which surrounds and protects the internal ear.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Petrous

  • Middle English from Old French petros from Latin petrōsus rocky from petra rock from Greek petrā per-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Greek petra, rock.

    From Wiktionary

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