astragali

[a-strag-uh-luhs]

as·trag·a·lus

[a-strag-uh-luhs]
noun, plural as·trag·a·li [-lahy] . Zoology.
(in higher vertebrates) one of the proximal bones of the tarsus; talus.

Origin:
1535–45; < Neo-Latin; see astragal

as·trag·a·lar, adjective
sub·as·trag·a·lar, adjective
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