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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The several parts are the tarsus, the metatarsus, and the phalanges.
From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Joel Dorman Steele
Thus romance, beginning at the metatarsus, slowly but surely ascends to the diastolic region!
From The Prairie Mother by Arthur E. Becher
The muzzle is elongated, the claws on the fore-feet are long and curved, the first front toe is very short; the under surface of the metatarsus naked; and the tail shorter than the body, tapering.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
The metatarsus is represented by a principal metatarsal, formed by the coalescence of two metatarsals; we also find in this region a very small rudimentary metatarsal.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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
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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