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
Description.—Plumage white; bill, naked head, and neck and feet black; naked crop in life red: whole length 54·0 inches, wing 26·0, tail 9·5, tarsus 11·5.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
Sellanders, sel′an-dėrs, n. an eruption in the tarsus of the horse.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
This proceeds towards the tarsus, but previously it passes between the tibia and fibula.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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
This force relies on the parasite’s highly adapted feet, called tarsi, which are equipped with toothed claws.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 31, 2022
The pampas are the special home of the Tæniopterinæ, or “Walking Tyrants” as Swainson called them, which have strong feet and long tarsi, and frequent open spaces.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
The legs and feet are as well adapted for running or walking as for perching, and the scutellations are continued round the whole of the tarsi.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
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 flattened and obtuse; no hind toe; tarsi unarmed; wings very short; rectrices sixteen to twenty.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
