anklebone
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But it was the unicorn, possessor of what Ctesias described as a cinnabar-red anklebone, that remains his most enduring contribution.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
The foot, for instance, combines a heel bone like an ancient ape’s with an anklebone like ’s, according to Malapa team member Bernard Zipfel of the University of the Witwatersrand.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 20, 2012
The anklebone is a match for a modern human’s.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 20, 2012
These mishaps are more serious and take longer to mend than the more common ski injuries, a simple fracture of the anklebone or a low-level spiral fracture of the tibia and fibula.
From Time Magazine Archive
It's the anklebone and instep of Italy's boot; this sizable province called Basilicata, east of Salerno, north of Calabria.
From The Flirt by Booth Tarkington
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