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- noun Plural form of
tarsal .
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Examples
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Getting your (gloved) hands on tarsals and keeping them potent requires a little extra work.
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If the proximal end of the metatarsus were broken off (and this bit is the giveaway, as it of course shows the presence of tarsals charactestically mammalian in form and number), I suspect that even some experienced zoologists would be fooled into misidentifying a jerboa metatarsus as an avian one.
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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But a good setup for rattling in a trophy buck during the pre - and post-rut periods can be a buck tarsal placed in between two doe tarsals.
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Unlike the collection above, this shows different parts of the skeleton: lots of leg bones femora, tibia, metapodials, carpals and tarsals, phalanges.
Archive 2006-04-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006
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Unlike the collection above, this shows different parts of the skeleton: lots of leg bones femora, tibia, metapodials, carpals and tarsals, phalanges.
Bone Fragments and Archaeology Christopher O'Brien 2006
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The synchronized tarsals and metatarsals of the arch gave it strength and acted as a lever.
WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories Holland, Barbara 1999
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The thigh-bone, or femur, corresponds to the shoulder-bone, or humerus; the two shank bones (tibia and fibula) correspond to the two arm-bones (radius and ulna); the many little ankle-bones (tarsals) correspond to the many little wrist-bones
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871
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The wrist and ankles are protected by the carpals and tarsals.
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This happens in the carpals in the wrist and the tarsals in the ankle.
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This happens in the carpals in the wrist and the tarsals in the ankle.
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