tarsus
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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
Bill compressed, straight, with cutting edges; upper mandible slightly hooked at the point; sides of the gape bristled; tarsus short; wings long; first primary a little shorter than the second, which is the longest.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
This proceeds towards the tarsus, but previously it passes between the tibia and fibula.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
The swelling of the lymphatics appears by preference in the lower part of a hind limb, and the first nodules may be near the fetlock or tarsus.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The bones of the tarsus are not seven in all animals; they are fewer in ruminants and solipeds.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
