tibiotarsus

American  

[tib-ee-oh-tahr-suhs] / ˌtɪb i oʊˈtɑr səs /

noun

Ornithology.

PLURAL

tibiotarsi

1. the main bone of the leg of a bird, between the femur and tarsometatarsus, formed by the fusion of several tarsal bones with the tibia.

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tibiotarsus British  

/ ˌtɪbɪəʊˈtɑːsəs /

noun

1. the bone in the leg of a bird formed by fusion of the tibia and some of the tarsal bones

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Other Word Forms

• tibiotarsal adjective

Etymology

Origin of tibiotarsus

First recorded in 1880–85; tibi(a) + -o- + tarsus

Example Sentences

The tibiotarsus bones are also quite similar to the kakapo’s leg bones, which suggests a posture similar to the kakapo’s, but on a larger scale.

From New York Times

A team including Delphine Angst, a graduate student in paleontology at the Natural History Museum in Paris, compiled measurements of 75 dodo leg bones—about 25 each of femur, tibiotarsus, and tarsometatarsus—from 14 museums.

From Science Magazine

This tendon incloses the patella and inserts on a line along the proximal edges of the cnemial crests of the tibiotarsus.

From Project Gutenberg

Distally, the m. femorotibialis externus contributes to the formation of the patellar tendon which inserts on a line along the proximal edges of the cnemial crests of the tibiotarsus.

From Project Gutenberg

Laterally this muscle is completely fused for most of its length with the m. femorotibialis externus and contributes to the formation of the patellar tendon, which inserts on a line along the proximal edges of the cnemial crests of the tibiotarsus.

From Project Gutenberg