tarsometatarsus
English
editEtymology
editFrom tarso- + metatarsus.
Noun
edittarsometatarsus (plural tarsometatarsi)
- (zoology) The large bone in the leg of a bird, or some bird-like dinosaurs, connected to the foot, homologous to the mammalian tarsus and metatarsus.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “tarsometatarsus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.