tarsus
/tahr-suhs/US // ˈtɑr səs //UK // (ˈtɑːsəs) //
跗骨之蛆,跗关节,跗节,跗骨肉
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n.名词 noun
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plural tar·si [tahr-sahy, -see]. /ˈtɑr saɪ, -si/.
- : Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and themetatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- : the small plate of connective tissue along the border of an eyelid.
- : tarsometatarsus.
- : the distal part of the leg of an insect, usually subdivided in the adult into two to five segments.
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Examples
I remembered how normally we lived in the midst of massacre in Tarsus and when the Bulgarians were attacking Constantinople.
He was a self-tormented monk without relief; he suffered all that Saint Paul suffered at Tarsus.
The terminal jointed portion of the Brachium, answering to the Tarsus in the legs.
These birds do not stand upright as do the Puffins; but sit upon their tarsus.
These may be distinguished from the Bald Eagle in all plumages by the completely feathered tarsus.
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