vomer
/ˈvoʊmə(ɹ)/noun
vomer is a noun meaning “The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-M-E-R, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vomer is vomers.
What does vomer mean?
noun
- 1
The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vomer?
- /ˈvoʊmə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vomer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vomer
- vomers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vomer?
Vomer appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vomer come from?
From Latin vōmer (“ploughshare”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).