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The ankle (rear leg) of dogs and cats; also called the hock.
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[tar-SUS] (pl., tarsi [tar-SEE]) the leg segment beyond the tibia, composed of 3 to 5 small segments.
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the small terminal joints of the feet, divided into planta, digitus; Kirby limits this designation to the terminal joints of the intermediate and posterior pairs of feet; for that of the anterior pair see manus; but authors generally have not made this distinction.
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The tarsus (plural tarsi) is the last segment of a butterfly's (or a moth's) leg. The tarsus has gripping claws and has taste organs, so the insect can grip a flower and determine if it contains a sweet nectar to drink. TAXON A taxon is category in the classification of living organisms. The taxa (the plural of taxon) in the Linnean system are kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
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fibrous plate giving form to the edges of the eyelids
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