FIBULA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: fibulae

Meaning:

The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Synonyms:

calf bone; fibula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

leg bone (a bone of the leg)

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

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)