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- denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets（与）楔形文字（有关）的：
a cuneiform inscription
楔形文字铭文。
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- Anatomy denoting three bones of the tarsus (ankle) between the navicular bone and the metatarsals【剖】楔状（骨）的。
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- chiefly Biology wedge-shaped【主生】楔形的, 楔状的：
the eggs are cuneiform.
这些卵是楔形的。
词源
late 17th cent.: from French cunéiforme or modern Latin cuneiformis, from Latin cuneus 'wedge'.