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From tarso- + metatarsus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The large bone in the leg of a bird, or some bird-like dinosaurs, connected to the foot, homologous to the mammalian tarsus and metatarsus. Full definition →
From tarso- + metatarsus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.