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Metatarsus.

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• METATARSUS
  That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
• TARSOMETATARSUS
  The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.