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metatarsus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun metatarsus has 1 sense
- metatarsus(n = noun.body) Array - the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds; Array has parts: metatarsal
is a part of pedal extremity, vertebrate foot
is a kind of skeletal structure
Derived form adjective metatarsal1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
metatarsus, n. (pl. metatarsi)
1 the part of the foot between the ankle and the toes.
2 the set of bones in this.
1 the part of the foot between the ankle and the toes.
2 the set of bones in this.
Derivative
metatarsal adj.
Etymology
mod.L (as META-, TARSUS)
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