TARSUS (tarsi)
Dictionary entry overview: What does tarsus mean? • TARSUS (noun)
The noun TARSUS has 1 sense:
1. the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively
Familiarity information: TARSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TARSUS (noun)
Meaning:
The part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("tarsus" is a kind of...):
skeletal structure (any structure created by the skeleton of an organism)
Meronyms (parts of "tarsus"):
cuboid bone (the cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus)
tarsal; tarsal bone (any bone of the tarsus)
Holonyms ("tarsus" is a part of...):
pedal extremity; vertebrate foot (the extremity of the limb in vertebrates)
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