tarso — meaning in English

English meaning

• hock noun The joint on the hind leg of an animal such as a horse, dog, or pig, roughly equivalent to an ankle.
• tarsus noun The group of small bones forming the ankle and upper foot in humans and other vertebrates.

Senses

tarso is used for these senses in English:

• Tarsus A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.
• hock (countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.

hock — full definition

1. noun The joint on the hind leg of an animal such as a horse, dog, or pig, roughly equivalent to an ankle.
2. verb To pawn an item as security for a loan.
3. noun A white wine from the Rhine region of Germany.

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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