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EPERON CALCAIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
  • Birds
DEF

The spur on the leg of a bird. A bony or cartilaginous process on the calcaneum of a bat; projecting backwards and inwards from the heel and helping to support the part of the wing-membrane which is between the legs.

OBS

pl. calcaria.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Structure cartilagineuse attachée au tarse des chiroptères et supportant la membrane interfémorale.

CONT

Les phalanges varient en nombre, au pied comme à la main [...] On appelle Calcar [...] un élément osseux additionnel du côté médial du premier métatarsien.

Spanish

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