tarsal cartilage

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tarsal cartilage - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tarsus \Tar"sus\, n.; pl. Tarsi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the flat of
     the foot, the edge of the eyelid. Cf. 2d Tarse.]
     1. (Anat.)
        (a) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the
            foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in
            man of seven short bones.
        (b) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the
            eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal  cartilage
            , and tarsal plate.
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     2. (Zool.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually
        consists of form two to five joints.
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