Tarsus — meaning in English

English meaning

• tarsus noun The group of small bones forming the ankle and upper foot in humans and other vertebrates.

Senses

Tarsus is used for these senses in English:

• Tarsus A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.
• tarsus (skeleton) A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.

tarsus — full definition

1. noun The group of small bones forming the ankle and upper foot in humans and other vertebrates.
2. noun In insects and other arthropods, the last, foot-like segment of a leg.

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