hypotarsus

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English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ tarsus.

Pronunciation

Noun

hypotarsus (plural hypotarsi)

  1. (anatomy) A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hypotarsus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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