tarsus

tarsus is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones.
2. noun. A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.
3. noun. The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.
4. noun. the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tarsus:

rastus, sutras, tussar

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