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tarsometatarsus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tar-sometatar-sus
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

From tarso- + metatarsus.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tarsometatarsi (plural)

Derived Forms

tarsometatarsal

Questions

What does tarsometatarsus mean?
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.
Where does tarsometatarsus come from?
From tarso- + metatarsus.

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