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Definition of Tarsometatarsus
1. n. The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.
Definition of Tarsometatarsus
1. Noun. The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus. ¹
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Definition of Tarsometatarsus
1. [n -SI]
Medical Definition of Tarsometatarsus
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Origin: NL.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarsometatarsus
Literary usage of Tarsometatarsus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus of a bird, commonly called the tarsus
.... [NL., ( tarsus + meta- tarsometatarsus of Fowl, consisting of three meta- ..."
2. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1910)
"3, made from the proximal part of the tarsometatarsus bone of the wild turkey.
... This series begins with a natural tarsometatarsus from a male wild turkey ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus of a bird, commonly called the tarsus
.... [NL., ( tarsus + meta- tarsometatarsus of Fowl, consisting of three meta- ..."
4. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1910)
"3, made from the proximal part of the tarsometatarsus bone of the wild turkey.
... This series begins with a natural tarsometatarsus from a male wild turkey ..."
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