calf bone

noun

The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the fibula.

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fibula
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Meanings

nouncalf bone (plural calf bones)

plural calf bones

  1. anatomyThe smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the fibula.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Similar
fibula
Broader
leg bone
Also see
fibula

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic شَظْيَة
  • شَظْيَة (šaẓya)smaller lower-leg bone
Bulgarian малка пищялна кост
  • малка пищялна кост (malka pištjalna kost)smaller lower-leg bone
Catalan fíbula, peroné
  • fíbulasmaller lower-leg bone
  • peronésmaller lower-leg bone
Chinese Mandarin 腓骨
  • 腓骨 (féigǔ)smaller lower-leg bone
Czech lýtková kost
  • lýtková kostsmaller lower-leg bone
Dutch kuitbeen, fibula
  • kuitbeensmaller lower-leg bone
  • fibulasmaller lower-leg bone
Esperanto fibulo
  • fibulosmaller lower-leg bone
Estonian pindluu
  • pindluusmaller lower-leg bone
Finnish pohjeluu
  • pohjeluusmaller lower-leg bone
French péroné
  • péronésmaller lower-leg bone
German Wadenbein, Fibula
  • Wadenbeinsmaller lower-leg bone
  • Fibulasmaller lower-leg bone
Greek περόνη
  • περόνη (peróni)smaller lower-leg bone
Hungarian szárkapocs, szárkapocscsont
  • szárkapocssmaller lower-leg bone
  • szárkapocscsontsmaller lower-leg bone
Italian perone
  • peronesmaller lower-leg bone
Japanese 腓骨
  • 腓骨 (hikotsu)smaller lower-leg bone
Korean 종아리뼈, 비골
  • 종아리뼈 (jong'arippyeo)smaller lower-leg bone
  • 비골 (bigol)smaller lower-leg bone
Māori pūkaka, kapiti
  • pūkakasmaller lower-leg bone
  • kapitismaller lower-leg bone
Polish kość strzałkowa
  • kość strzałkowasmaller lower-leg bone
Portuguese fíbula, perónio
  • fíbulasmaller lower-leg bone
  • peróniosmaller lower-leg bone
Romanian peroneu
  • peroneusmaller lower-leg bone
Russian малоберцо́вая кость
  • малоберцо́вая кость (malobercóvaja kostʹ)smaller lower-leg bone
Scottish Gaelic cnàimh caol na lurgainn
  • cnàimh caol na lurgainnsmaller lower-leg bone
Spanish fíbula, peroné
  • fíbulasmaller lower-leg bone
  • peronésmaller lower-leg bone
Tagalog butumbinti
  • butumbintismaller lower-leg bone
Thai กระดูกน่อง
  • กระดูกน่อง (grà-dùuk-nɔ̂ng)smaller lower-leg bone
Turkish baldır kemiği
  • baldır kemiğismaller lower-leg bone
Ukrainian мала гомілкова кістка
  • мала гомілкова кістка (mala homilkova kistka)smaller lower-leg bone
Vietnamese xương mác
  • xương mácsmaller lower-leg bone
Cite this entry
APA

calf bone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calf%20bone

MLA

“calf bone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calf%20bone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calf bone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calf%20bone.

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