tarsus

Some are sturdy leather brogues with heels extending beyond the back of the shoe; others have tongues that take their licks at the ankles, leaving even the slimmest tarsus looking like a giant redwood.

From Time Magazine Archive

Legs and feet slender, and bare except for tuft of feathers on tarsus just above hallux; toes moderate, three in front, one behind; claws strong.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns

This proceeds towards the tarsus, but previously it passes between the tibia and fibula.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

Pal′ma, the palm: the enlarged proximal joint of the fore tarsus of a bee.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Legs slender, the tarsus longer than the middle toe, and covered in front by a single scale and three inferior scutellæ.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns

This force relies on the parasite’s highly adapted feet, called tarsi, which are equipped with toothed claws.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 31, 2022

Bill flattened and obtuse; no hind toe; tarsi unarmed; wings very short; rectrices sixteen to twenty.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns

Similar to No. 378, but slightly smaller and whiter throughout; spots above white with little if any buff; tarsi nearly bare.

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman

Bill very long; edges of the upper mandible slightly prominent near the hook; tarsi half-feathered; claws unequal, grooved beneath; wings with the fourth primary longest; nostrils transverse, with bony margin all round.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns

Legs short, stout, tarsi scutellate; toes long, strong, hind toe especially, outer toe joined at base to middle toe; claws large, much hooked.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns