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tibiae


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tibia  \Tib"i*a\,  n.;  pl  {Tibi[ae]}.  [L.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  The  inner,  or  preaxial,  and  usually  the  larger,  of 
  the  two  bones  of  the  leg  or  hind  limb  below  the  knee. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  fourth  joint  of  the  leg  of  an  insect.  See 
  Illust.  under  {Coleoptera},  and  under  {Hexapoda}. 
 
  3.  (Antiq.)  A  musical  instrument  of  the  flute  kind 
  originally  made  of  the  leg  bone  of  an  animal. 




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