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‖ pterna|ˈptɜːrnə| [mod.L., a. Gr. πτέρνα heel.] †a. Anat. The heel-bone, os calcis. Obs. b. Ornith. The heel-pad or sole of the foot in birds.
1684tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict., Pterna, see Calx. 1706Phillips, Pterna, the second Bone of the Foot. 1895in Syd. Soc. Lex. |