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tarsometatarsus

[ tahr-soh-met-uh-tahr-suhs ]

noun

, Ornithology.
, plural tar·so·met·a·tar·si [tahr-soh-met-, uh, -, tahr, -sahy, -see].
  1. the large bone in the lower leg of a bird with which the toe bones articulate, formed by the fusion of tarsal and metatarsal bones.


tarsometatarsus

/ ˌtɑːsəʊˌmɛtəˈtɑːsəs /

noun

  1. a bone in the lower part of a bird's leg consisting of the metatarsal bones and some of the tarsal bones fused together
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌtarsoˌmetaˈtarsal, adjective
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Other Words From

  • tarso·meta·tarsal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tarsometatarsus1

First recorded in 1850–55; tarso- + metatarsus
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tarsometatarsus1

C19: tarso- , from tarsus + metatarsus
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Example Sentences

The medial metatarsal depression is large; it is on the medial surface of the proximal end of the tarsometatarsus.

The lateral branch of the tendon on the tarsometatarsus is not ossified (true also of some legs of Tympanuchus).

Proximal end of left tarsometatarsus and the hypotarsus, × 4.

About midway down the tarsometatarsus this tendon becomes ossified.

The insertion is tendinous on the posterior surface of the hypotarsus and along the posterolateral ridge of the tarsometatarsus.

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