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TALUS
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Irregular inflected form: tali
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
Synonyms:
anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("talus" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("talus" is a part of...):
ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint (a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
Synonyms:
scree; talus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("talus" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
