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tarsus

/ˈtɑɹ.səs/

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What does tarsus mean?

noun

  1. A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.
  2. The shank or tarsometatarsus of the leg of a bird or reptile.
  3. The true foot or the fifth joint of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, typically consisting of several small segments and ending in a claw.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.

proper noun

  1. A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.

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IPA pronunciation

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Be one of those that thinks The petty wrens of Tarsus will fly hence, And open this to Pericles.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
Do you remember that Saul of Tarsus would have never been remembered had he lived the life of luxury planned for him?
Ralph Albert ParletteThe University of Hard KnocksProject Gutenberg ebook #455
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Was not Saul of Tarsus converted from unbelief by a similar fright?
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
But the most striking contrast between the two lies in the bones of the leg and of that part of the foot termed the tarsus, which follows upon the leg.
Thomas Henry HuxleyLectures on Evolution Essay #3 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition"Project Gutenberg ebook #2629
A reference to Cuvier's instance "of the secret relation between the upper canine-shaped incisors of the camel and the bones of the tarsus.") Descent from an intermediate form, Ahem!
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739