tarsus

Some are sturdy leather brogues with heels extending beyond the back of the shoe; others have tongues that take their licks at the ankles, leaving even the slimmest tarsus looking like a giant redwood.

From Time Magazine Archive

This proceeds towards the tarsus, but previously it passes between the tibia and fibula.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

In other quadrupeds, the articulations which bind together the bones of the tarsus possess a little more freedom of movement.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

Legs and feet slender, and bare except for tuft of feathers on tarsus just above hallux; toes moderate, three in front, one behind; claws strong.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns

Thence it passes to the tarsus, and terminates in different fashion in carnivora and other quadrupeds.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

This force relies on the parasite’s highly adapted feet, called tarsi, which are equipped with toothed claws.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 31, 2022

Trimera, trim′e-ra, n.pl. a division of beetles with tarsi three-jointed.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Bill swollen at tip, convex; the upper mandible covered at the base with a soft membrane in which lie the nostrils, with a valve over them; tarsi covered fore and rear with hexagonal scales.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns

Upper mandible with the cutting edge nearly straight; tarsi feathered to the toes; claws unequal, grooved beneath; wings with the fourth primary longest.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns

The dorsum is uniformly grayish green with the only dorsal marks being on the tarsi; canthal and post-tympanic dark marks absent.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman