tibias
- plural of tibia.
Example Sentences
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She said that, because of the rampant theft of some of the femurs, tibias and skulls in the past, the bones were now cemented together.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
She heightens the sense of otherworldliness by employing unusual materials, including horse tibias and cigarette butts.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
Some think it has to do with skeletal structure: female tibias tend to slope backward more at rest, leaving more room to accelerate as they land from a jump.
From Slate ● May 4, 2012
And Lee carefully packed the bones, femurs, and tibias really straight, skull in the middle, with pelvis and clavicle surrounding it and ribs curving on either side.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
I learned that insects are arthropods and that they have tibias too!
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
