tibian.
/ˈtɪbɪə/, U.S. /ˈtɪbiə/ 1.
a. Anatomy and Zoology. The inner and usually larger of the two bones (tibia and fibula) of the lower leg, from the knee to the ankle; the shinbone.In birds the tibia is fused with some of the bones of the tarsus, forming that more strictly called tibiotarsus n. at tibio- comb. form 2.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [noun] > bones of lower leg > tibia
shankOE
shinbonec1000
leg bone1615
tibia1726
1726–41 A. Monro Anat. (ed. 3) 282 The superior Extremity of the Tibia is large.
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 505 A kind of flute, made of..the tibia of the deer's leg.
1845 R. B. Todd & W. Bowman Physiol. Anat. I. 100 The tibia is convex forwards and outwards.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. v. 183 The tibia, or shin-bone, is..an elongated bone, more so than any other..except the femur.
b. Applied also to the corresponding part of the leg itself; now esp. to the tibiotarsus of birds.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > legs > bones of
metatarsus1682
talus1684
tibia1826
tarsus1828
suffrago1842
tarso-metatarsal1851
tarso-metatarsus1854
boot1864
tibiotarsus1883
metatarse1894
1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 281 Tibia, the Leg, the part betwixt the Knee and the Ancle. [So 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I.]]
1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. 214 These birds differ..in having..the tibiæ divested of feathers.
1869 P. Gillmore tr. G. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds iv. 339 Woodcocks differ from Snipes in having..the tibiæ feathered at the joint.
c. Entomology. The fourth of the five joints of the leg of an insect, that between the femur and the tarsus.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > leg(s) > fourth joint or tibia
tibia1815
cubitus1826
1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) I. xv. 488 A pincer formed by the posterior metatarsus and tibia.
1868 P. M. Duncan tr. L. Figuier Insect World Introd. 8 When about to jump they bring the tibia into contact with the thigh.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 499 The thoracic limbs [in Insecta] consist typically of a coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, and tarsus... The tibia is often armed with spines or calcaria.
2. Early Music. An ancient (single or double) flute or flageolet.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > flute > other flutes
doucetc1450
flute-douce1676
tibia1705
zufolo1724
ney1756
monaulos1776
flûte-à-bec1797
lotus flute1826
bamboo flute1862
dizi1874
shakuhachi1893
quena1909
tonette1958
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 322 The same Variety of Strings may be observ'd on their Harps, and of Stops on their Tibiæ.
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. ii. 12 I paid a visit to Pliny. He was sitting in his summer-house writing, while an unfortunate slave played on the tibia.
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