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CALCANEUS
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Irregular inflected form: calcanei
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel
Synonyms:
calcaneus; heelbone; os tarsi fibulare
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("calcaneus" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("calcaneus" is a part of...):
foot; human foot; pes (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)
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