tarsus

1. 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

   Broaderskeletal structure

   Part ofvertebrate foot

   Partscuboid bonetarsal

Other forms of tarsus

plural

tarsi

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tarsus

What does tarsus mean?

tarsus means "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".

How many syllables are in tarsus?

tarsus has 2 syllables: tar-sus. The stress falls on "tar". In IPA it is /ˈtɑɹsəs/.

Is tarsus a common word?

tarsus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.