metatarsus
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Noun (1)metatarsi
- 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 quadrupedsType of skeletal structurePart of vertebrate foot, pedal extremityParts metatarsal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Met′a·tar′sus noun; pl. Metatarsi (#).
Origin: NL. See Meta-, and Tarsus.
Anatomy 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54