petrous

Meaning

Adjective

Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear.

Origin

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

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