Definition of tibiotarsus in English:
tibiotarsus
nounPlural tibiotarsiˌtɪbɪə(ʊ)ˈtɑːsəsˌtibēōˈtärsəs
Zoology The bone in a bird's leg corresponding to the tibia, fused at the lower end with some bones of the tarsus.
Example sentencesExamples
- They collected males and females during prelaying, laying, and postlaying and dissected femora and tibiotarsi from each bird.
- The tibia and fibula are fused, especially distally, to form a single element, the tibiotarsus.
- It springs or rushes out of ambush, opening its jaws quickly and allowing them to slam together hard enough to snap the relatively fragile tibiotarsus of the bird.
- The third muscle to consider is a superficial muscle that lies along the anterior side of the tibiotarsus.
- The larger birds in Nova Scotia and the smaller ones in Utah differ by only 2 mm in average length of the tibiotarsus.
Origin
Late 19th century: blend of tibia and tarsus.