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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tarsi \Tar"si\, n.,
pl of {Tarsus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It
usually consists of form two to five joints.
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