[そっこんこつ, sokkonkotsu] (n) tarsus (group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tarsus \Tar"sus\, n.; pl. {Tarsi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the flat of
the foot, the edge of the eyelid. Cf. 2d {Tarse}.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the
foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in
man of seven short bones.
(b) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the
eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also {tarsal
cartilage}, and {tarsal plate}.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually
consists of form two to five joints.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tarsus
n 1: the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus
and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and
heel collectively
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