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Metatarsus

noun
(pl. metatarsi)
1.
The skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds.



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"Metatarsus" Quotes from Famous Books



... discovered in it, near Cambridge, in 1858, the remains of a bird, which was rather larger than the common pigeon, and probably of the order Natatores, and which, like most of the Gull tribe, had well-developed wings. Portions of the metacarpus, metatarsus, tibia, and femur have been detected, and the determinations of Mr. Barrett have been confirmed ...
— The Student's Elements of Geology • Sir Charles Lyell


Words linked to "Metatarsus" :   metatarsal, skeletal structure, vertebrate foot, pedal extremity


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