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tarsometatarsus
[ tahr-soh-met-uh-tahr-suhs ]
noun
, Ornithology.
, plural tar·so·met·a·tar·si [tahr-soh-met-, uh, -, tahr, -sahy, -see].
- the large bone in the lower leg of a bird with which the toe bones articulate, formed by the fusion of tarsal and metatarsal bones.
tarsometatarsus
/ ˌtɑːsəʊˌmɛtəˈtɑːsəs /
noun
- a bone in the lower part of a bird's leg consisting of the metatarsal bones and some of the tarsal bones fused together
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Derived Forms
- ˌtarsoˌmetaˈtarsal, adjective
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Other Words From
- tarso·meta·tarsal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tarsometatarsus1
First recorded in 1850–55; tarso- + metatarsus
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tarsometatarsus1
C19: tarso- , from tarsus + metatarsus
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Example Sentences
The medial metatarsal depression is large; it is on the medial surface of the proximal end of the tarsometatarsus.
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The lateral branch of the tendon on the tarsometatarsus is not ossified (true also of some legs of Tympanuchus).
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Proximal end of left tarsometatarsus and the hypotarsus, × 4.
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About midway down the tarsometatarsus this tendon becomes ossified.
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The insertion is tendinous on the posterior surface of the hypotarsus and along the posterolateral ridge of the tarsometatarsus.
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