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pl. of Tarsus.

A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.…

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l, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier.

The instep or front of the tarsus.

A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi.

A division of Coleoptera, having heteromerous tarsi.

the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.

The tarsius, or spectral lemur.

An extensive division of Coleoptera, including those that normally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of all the known species of the Coleoptera.

One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.

A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.

Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.

One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.

The tarsius.

made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis. Spectral lemur. (Zoöl.) See Tarsius.

A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger.

Having four joints in each of the tarsi; -- said of certain insects.

A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.