Tarsus definitions

Tarsus

1) Ankle 2) Bone
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/tarsus

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Tarsus

1) Ankle bones, collectively 2) Birthplace of saint paul 3) Bone of the foot 4) Bones of the ankle and heel 5) City in Turkey 6) City in Asia 7) City of Asia 8) City of Turkey 9) Foot bones, collectively 10) Group of foot bones 11) Human ankle 12) Human eye anatomy 13) Part of the foot 14) Set of ankle bones
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/tarsus

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tarsus

Hooks at the terminal end of feet to allow climbing
Found on http://butterflywebsite.com/articles/glossary.cfm

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tarsus

fifth (last) leg segment, the part that touches the surface.
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_entomology_terms

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tarsus

Distal or apical portion of leg, bearing claws (1-5 segments)
Found on http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/choate/insectclass/glossary_terms.htm

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Tarsus

• (n.) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate. • (n.) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones. • (n.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It...
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/tarsus/

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Tarsus

city, south-central Turkey, on the Tarsus River, about 12 miles (20 km) from the Mediterranean coast. It is an ancient city, on the alluvial plain of ... [1 related articles]
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/14

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tarsus

(from the article `psittaciform`) ...lower leg), lies between the elevated heel joint and the toes. In parrots it is short and stout, and at least one toe is always longer. It is the ... ...the eyelid and covers the visible portion of the eyeball except the cornea (the transparent part of the eyeball that covers the iris and the ... ...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/14

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Tarsus

(pl., tarsi)
Found on http://www.earthlife.net/insects/glossary.html

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tarsus

(tahr´sәs) ankle; the region of the foot composed of seven tarsal bones and adjacent to the joint between the foot and the leg. the connective tissue plate forming the framework of an eyelid.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

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Tarsus

Fifth segment of bee leg.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21560

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Tarsus

Heel bone.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22246

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Tarsus

Most distal podomere of the insect or acarine limb that bears the claws of an insect, pl. tarsi.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

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Tarsus

Tar'sus noun ; plural Tarsi . [ New Latin , from Greek ... the flat of the foot, the edge of the eyelid. Confer 2d Tarse .] 1. (Anat.) (a) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seve...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/13

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Tarsus

Bones of the foot.
Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/3822.pdf

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tarsus

(tar;sus) The region of the foot containing the seven tarsal bones.
Found on http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

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Tarsus

lowest segment of leg, before toes
Found on http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiv

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Tarsus

lower part of the leg between the knee and the foot.
Found on http://www.sialis.org/glossary.htm

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Tarsus

(pl. tarsi; adj. tarsal) The most distal (or end) segment of a leg or palp.
Found on http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Spiderglossary.htm

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Tarsus

Lower part of a bird’s legs
Found on https://birds.iitk.ac.in/glossary?page=229

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Tarsus

The shin of a hawk between the foot and the hock, orig,GK: tarsos= flat of the foot
Found on https://sites.google.com/site/breckfalconry/glossary

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tarsus

noun the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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tarsus

Greek tarsos = a flat surface; hence the flat part of the foot, and later, the bones of the foot behind the metatarsals, adjective, tarsal.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21450

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Tarsus

Joint on the hind limb between lower thigh and pastern. Also know as the hock
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21572

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tarsus

(plural form of tarsi) fifth of six segments of an insect's leg and seventh of eight segments of a spider's leg; this segment bears the claws
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22348

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