English Explanatory Dictionary

tarsometatarsus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The large bone in the leg of a bird, or some bird-like dinosaurs, connected to the foot, homologous to the mammalian tarsus and metatarsus.

Word forms

tarsometatarsus tarsometatarsi

Etymology

From tarso- + metatarsus.

Derived words

tarsometatarsal
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