Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metatarsus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Metatarsus \Met`a*tar"sus\, n.; pl. {Metatarsi}. [NL. See
{Meta-}, and {Tarsus}.] (Anat.)
That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between
the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the
human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
metatarsus
n : the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the
tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of
the hind foot in quadrupeds
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