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

Pal′ma, the palm: the enlarged proximal joint of the fore tarsus of a bee.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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

The joint between the femur and tibia, corresponding to the knee of man, is called the “stifle-joint”; that between the tibia and tarsus, corresponding to the ankle of man, the “hock.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

The tarsal fold is low and extends about half the length of the tarsus; the first and second fingers are subequal in length; the tibiotarsal articulation extends beyond the tip of the snout.

From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman

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

Legs short, stout, tarsi scutellate; toes long, strong, hind toe especially, outer toe joined at base to middle toe; claws large, much hooked.

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

Tail of fourteen feathers; tarsi armed with blunt spurs in male.

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

The tarsi are five-jointed, the front and middle pair with a row of claviform membraneous appendages each side, which Le Conte found only in the male.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various