canon bone

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canon bone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Canon bone \Can"on bone`\ [F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule. See
     canon.] (Anat.)
     The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore
     and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding
     to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals.
     See Horse.
     [1913 Webster]