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# tarsus

«tarsus» in Mova's school dictionary: **the group of small bones in the ankle and upper foot…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a tarsus, plural tarsi)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The tarsus is the group of small bones in the ankle and upper foot (science). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarsus/#m1)

2) In birds and insects, the tarsus is a part of the leg near the foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarsus/#m2)

3) Tarsus is also the name of an old city (now in Turkey); in the Bible, Saint Paul came from Tarsus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarsus/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on the skeleton you learn the tarsus (ankle bones), metatarsals (foot bones) and phalanges (toe bones). In Bible lessons Paul is called «Saul of Tarsus». Phrases: Saul of Tarsus, the bones of the tarsus.

### examples

- The tarsus is made of seven small bones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarsus/#x1)
- The heel bone is part of the tarsus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarsus/#x2)
- A bird's tarsus is the thin part of its leg above the toes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarsus/#x3)
- An insect's tarsus helps it grip leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarsus/#x4)
- Christians read that Paul was born in Tarsus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarsus/#x5)
- The doctor said the X-ray of my tarsus was fine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarsus/#x6)

### note

Plural: tarsi. Science word. Related: metatarsal. As a city name it is written with a capital: Tarsus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tarsus» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tarsus/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.