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anklebone

[ang-kuhl-bohn] / ˈæŋ kəlˌboʊn /
NOUN
ankle
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But it was the unicorn, possessor of what Ctesias described as a cinnabar-red anklebone, that remains his most enduring contribution.

From New York Times Aug. 17, 2021

The anklebone is a match for a modern human’s.

From Scientific American Mar. 20, 2012

The foot, for instance, combines a heel bone like an ancient ape’s with an anklebone like ’s, according to Malapa team member Bernard Zipfel of the University of the Witwatersrand.

From Scientific American Mar. 20, 2012

Important to four-legged animals, the bone is not essential to man, though the lower 30% helps to anchor the anklebone.

From Time Magazine Archive

And by the time Aladdin had done grimacing over a banged shin, Margaret would have a bruised anklebone to cry about.

From Aladdin O'Brien by Morris, Gouverneur




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