Tarsus /(?)/

Tar·sus

Tarsus

n.

pl. Tarsi

  1. The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones. (Anat.)
  2. The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints. (Zool.)