Tarsus
Tarsus , noun
[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} the flat of the foot, the edge of the eyelid. Compare 2d Tarse.]
1.
(a) (Anatomy) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones.
(b)
(Anatomy) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.
2.
(Zoology) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.