Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long bone in the leg of a bird between the femur and the tarsometatarsus, consisting of the tibia fused with the proximal bones of the tarsus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, the tibia, which in a bird consists of a tibia proper with an epiphysis at its distal end, constituted by the proximal portion of the tarsus, in adult life forming the so-called condyles of the tibia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The large
bone between thefemur andtarsometatarsus in theleg of abird , formed by the union of theproximal part of thetarsus with thetibia .
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Examples
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You might presume, as I did, that Polyboroides has a unique sort of intertarsal joint, perhaps with the trochlear surfaces of the distal tibiotarsus wrapping onto the posterior surface of the bone as well as the anterior surface.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The find includes a complete hip and four leg bones (femur, fibula, tibiotarsus and hypotarsus).
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Dr. Mark Gendzier, a veterinarian, said pins were placed in the radius in its left wing, and the tibiotarsus in the bird's right leg.
StAugustine.com 2009
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Dr. Mark Gendzier, a veterinarian, said pins were placed in the radius in its left wing, and the tibiotarsus in the bird's right leg.
StAugustine.com 2009
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