tarsus

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The daily health checks involve measurements of the birds' weight, wing length, head-bill and part of the foot called the tarsus.

From BBC

Additionally, they were smaller and had a slower-growing lower leg bone called the tarsus.

From Scientific American

In addition, it hosts the smallest primate in the world, the tarsus tarsier, which fits in the palm of your hand.

From The Guardian

A mosquito’s leg is made up of three sections, known as a femur, a tibia, and a tarsus.

From Science Magazine

A journal article to be published in April says the name is fitting because Rask's "glove hand is as tenacious as the raptorial fore tarsus of this dryinid species."

From US News