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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibula \Fib"u*la\, n.; pl {Fibul[AE]}. [L., clasp, buckle.]
1. A brooch, clasp, or buckle.
Mere fibul[ae], without a robe to clasp.
--Wordsworth.
2. (Anat.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones
of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.
3. (Surg.) A needle for sewing up wounds.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fibula
n : the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg
between the knee and ankle [syn: {calf bone}]
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