metatarsus
Americannoun
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metatarsi
plural
noun
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the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus, consisting of five long bones
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the corresponding skeletal part in other vertebrates
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Etymology
Origin of metatarsus
From New Latin, dating back to 1670–80; see origin at meta-, tarsus
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On the hind feet, at the upper end of the metatarsus, there is a callosity three inches long and three quarters of an inch broad, destitute of hair.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
Feet black, webbed, the membrane being deeply notched, great toe articulated to the metatarsus.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Soles of fore-feet and terminal portion of those of hind-pair naked; under surface of metatarsus clothed with hair.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
The bones of the right metatarsus show as they would under the flesh of a queenly foot.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
The articulations of the bones of the tarsus, and of these with the metatarsus, do not offer any interest with regard to mobility, this being almost wholly absent at that level.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
Cephalothorax, legs, sternum, mandibles, and palpi whitish; tarsi, and sometimes metatarsi, slightly infuscated; sternum sometimes more yellowish, no markings.
From New West Indian Spiders Bulletin of the AMNH, Vol. XXXIII, Art. XLI, pp. 639-642 by Nathan Banks
Male: Cephalothorax, palpi, sternum, and most of legs yellowish; abdomen dark brown; metatarsi dark, tibiæ infuscated; mandibles reddish brown; tips of male palpi dark.
From New West Indian Spiders Bulletin of the AMNH, Vol. XXXIII, Art. XLI, pp. 639-642 by Nathan Banks
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