tali

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  tali    talus  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tali/ˈteɪlʌɪ/

plural form of talus1.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
talus1 /ˈteɪləs/

▶noun (pl. tali /-lʌɪ/) Anatomy the large bone in the ankle, which articulates with the tibia of the leg and the calcaneus and navicular bone of the foot.

– origin C16: from L., lit. ‘ankle, heel’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
talus2 /ˈteɪləs/

▶noun (pl. taluses)

• 1 a sloping mass of rock fragments at the foot of a cliff.

• 2 the sloping side of an earthwork, or of a wall that tapers to the top.

– origin C17: from Fr., of unknown origin.