Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus;
the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Metatarsus \Met`a*tar"sus\, n.; pl. Metatarsi. [NL. See
Meta-, and Tarsus.] (Anat.)
That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between
the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the
human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
metatarsus
n 1: the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the
tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of
the hind foot in quadrupeds