tarsus
n. கணைக்கால் எலும்பு, பறவைக்கால் கீழ்பகுதி, (பூச்) கீழ்க்கால் கடைப்பகுதி, கண்ணிமை ஒட்டுத்தசை.
Tar"sus, n.; pl. Tarsi. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Tarse.] 1. (Anat.) (a) 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. (b) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate. 2. (Zoöl.) Defn: The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.