Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A peculiar bone of the tarsus of some animals, as Cryptoprocta ferox: more fully called triangulare tarsi.

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Examples

  • The right triangular ligament (ligamentum triangulare dextrum) is situated at the right extremity of the bare area, and is a small fold which passes to the diaphragm, being formed by the apposition of the upper and lower layers of the coronary ligament.

    XI. Splanchnology. 2i. The Liver 1918

  • The left triangular ligament (ligamentum triangulare sinistrum) is a fold of some considerable size, which connects the posterior part of the upper surface of the left lobe to the diaphragm; its anterior layer is continuous with the left layer of the falciform ligament.

    XI. Splanchnology. 2i. The Liver 1918

  • (Dendrolobium triangulare, Desmodium gangeticum, Desmodium heterocarpon, and Tadehagi triquetrum)

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • (Dendrolobium triangulare, Desmodium gangeticum, Desmodium heterocarpon, and Tadehagi triquetrum)

    Mongabay.com News 2009

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