TARSUS

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
n.

A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.

3.
n.

The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.


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