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

Suffrago, suf-frā′gō, n. the joint between the tibia and tarsus, as the hock of a horse's hind-leg, the heel of a bird.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Bill strong; orbits naked; tarsus naked, male with a knob on the tarsus behind; tail of sixteen feathers, short, bent down.

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

In the dog and the cat, it is inserted into the ligamentous apparatus of the tarsus, or into the base of the second metatarsal.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

Sustentac′ular, supporting, pertaining to a Sustentac′ulum, a support or sustaining tissue, esp. an inferior spine of the tarsus in spiders of the genus Epeira.—v.t.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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 strong; eyebrows naked, adorned with scarlet papillæ; tarsi feathered, without spurs; front toes naked, with pectinated margins; hind toe larger than the nail.

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

Usually, there are no white stripes on the outer edges of the tarsi and forearms.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman

Trimera, trim′e-ra, n.pl. a division of beetles with tarsi three-jointed.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The tarsi are five-jointed, the front and middle pair with a row of claviform membraneous appendages each side, which Le Conte found only in the male.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various