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[syn: tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tibia \Tib"i*a\, n.; pl. Tibiae. [L.]
1. (Anat.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of
the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
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2. (Zool.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See
Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.
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3. (Antiq.) A musical instrument of the flute kind,
originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tibia
n 1: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg
between the knee and ankle [syn: tibia, shinbone, shin
bone, shin]