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 Rev. C. A. Johns
The articulations of the bones of the tarsus, and of these with the metatarsus, do not offer any interest with regard to mobility, this being almost wholly absent at that level.
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
This proceeds towards the tarsus, but previously it passes between the tibia and fibula.
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
Anterior and posterior surfaces of thighs, inner surfaces of shanks, and median dorsal surfaces of tarsi dark brown with blue spots.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
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
Head surrounded by a circle of feathers; tarsi, long and slender, feathered a little below the joint; wings long third and fourth primaries the longest; tail long, somewhat rounded.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
Transverse bands also are present on the tarsi and proximal segments of the fingers and toes.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
