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    TALUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: tali  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle jointplay

    Synonyms:

    anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("talus" is a kind of...):

    bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

    Holonyms ("talus" is a part of...):

    ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint (a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliffplay

    Synonyms:

    scree; talus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("talus" is a kind of...):

    formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

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