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The set of five bones in a foot between the tarsa and the toes.

1
Has the hinder part of metatarsus bald and callous.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
2
Hinder edge of metatarsus covered with hair.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
3
Another of the metatarsus.
Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future
4
Femur and metatarsus elongated.]
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
5
Length of Femur, Tibia, and Metatarsus together.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.
6
Length of Femur, Tibia, and Metatarsus together (inches).
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
7
Weight of Femur, Tibia, and Metatarsus
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.
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Weight of Femur, Tibia, and Metatarsus (grains).
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
9
One Metatarsus and Foot was removed from each skeleton, as it had been accidentally lost in two cases.)
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
10
"Furthermore, each leg of mine has seven sections-thecoxa, the trochanter, the femur, the patella, the tibia, the metatarsus, and the tarsus."
Charlotte’s Web