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His meticulously assembled forest of skulls, femurs, tibiae, and fibulae isn’t sacrilege; it’s a memorial.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

Some fifteen of these bones, such as the right and left hip bones, tibiae, and vertebrae, still contain flint points flung with sufficient force to penetrate deeply the bony tissue.

From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by D'Anvers, N.

Ears: organs of hearing, as on the first tibiae or on the first abdominal segment of some Trichoptera.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

They remembered my looking for the double flute, the tibiae pares, some years ago.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman

Among the first portions of this singular bird that were found were the tibiae, presenting an extraordinary development of the patella, which, united with the shank-bone, gave rise to the generic name applied.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various