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tarsus

/tahr-suhs/US // ˈtɑr səs //UK // (ˈtɑːsəs) //

跗骨之蛆,跗关节,跗节,跗骨肉

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tar·si [tahr-sahy, -see]. /ˈtɑr saɪ, -si/.

    • : Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and themetatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
    • : the small plate of connective tissue along the border of an eyelid.
    • : tarsometatarsus.
    • : the distal part of the leg of an insect, usually subdivided in the adult into two to five segments.

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Examples

  • I remembered how normally we lived in the midst of massacre in Tarsus and when the Bulgarians were attacking Constantinople.

  • He was a self-tormented monk without relief; he suffered all that Saint Paul suffered at Tarsus.

  • The terminal jointed portion of the Brachium, answering to the Tarsus in the legs.

  • These birds do not stand upright as do the Puffins; but sit upon their tarsus.

  • These may be distinguished from the Bald Eagle in all plumages by the completely feathered tarsus.