| cannon bone |
greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals
Ãâó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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| cannon bone |
a bone in the limb of hoofed animals, extending from the fetlock to the hock joint in the hind leg or the fetlock to the carpus in the foreleg; equivalent to a metacarpal or metatarsal in humans.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspz...
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| cannon bone |
The fused metacarpal or metatarsal bones of some ungulates
Ãâó: www.uoguelph.ca/~mammals/Mammalogy_2005_glossary.h...
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| cannon bone |
The long bone in the foot of animals that is removed from sheep and cattle at slaughter (the metacarpals and metatarsals).
Ãâó: www.ees.adelaide.edu.au/icooper/glossary/c.htm
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| cannon bone |
Bone of foreleg between knee and feltlock. Also called "shin bone."
Ãâó: www.serendipityrancher.com/horseglossary.htm
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