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petrous

pet·rous

uncommon

adjective

1.

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

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Origin

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

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