tarsometatarsus

== English == === Etymology === From tarso- +‎ metatarsus. === Noun === tarsometatarsus (plural tarsometatarsi) (zoology) The large bone in the leg of a bird, or some bird-like dinosaurs, connected to the foot, homologous to the mammalian tarsus and metatarsus. ==== Derived terms ==== tarsometatarsal === References === “tarsometatarsus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.