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Definition of: tarsometatarsus
(tär′sō·met′ə·tär′səs) noun plural ·si (-sī) Ornithol.
The so–called tarsus of birds; the bone reaching from the tibia to the toes, consisting of the confluent proximal tarsal and metatarsal bones. [<NL]
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