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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: tarsus (0.01207 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tarsus
tarsus
n : the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus
and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and
heel collectively
[also:
tarsi (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tarsus
Tarsus
\Tar"sus\, n.; pl.
Tarsi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the flat of
the foot, the edge of the eyelid. Cf. 2d
Tarse.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the
foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in
man of seven short bones.
(b) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the
eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also
tarsal cartilage
, and
tarsal plate.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It
usually consists of form two to five joints.
[1913 Webster]
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