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TARSOMETATARSUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
DEF

The lower part of the leg just above the foot, formed by a fusion of the tarsus and metatarsus.

OBS

"Tarsometatarsus" is the preferred scientific term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Partie inférieure de la patte de l'oiseau où se rattachent les doigts, formée par la fusion des tarses et métatarses.

CONT

[...] le caractère essentiel du membre postérieur, ou «patte», de l'oiseau [...] est la constitution d'un os long unique, le tarso-métatarsien, provenant de la fusion, durant la vie embryonnaire, de tous les os du tarse et du métatarse.

OBS

Du point de vue scientifique, il est préférable d'utiliser le terme «tarso-métatarse» ou «tarsométatarsien».

Spanish

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