The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tarsometatarsus \Tar`so*met`a*tar"sus\, n.; pl. Tarsometatarsi. [NL.] (Anat.) The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus. [1913 Webster]