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Definition: HYPOTARSUS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Hypotarsus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hypotarsus \Hy`po*tar"sus\, noun; plural Hypotarsi. [New Latin expression. See Hypo-, and Tarsus.]. (references)

Definition: HYPOTARSUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "HYPOTARSUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hypotarsus \Hy`po*tar"sus\, noun; plural Hypotarsi. [New Latin expression. See Hypo-, and Tarsus.]. (references)