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单词 suffrago
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suffragon.

Brit. /sʌˈfreɪɡəʊ/, U.S. /səˈfreɪɡoʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin suffrāgō.
Etymology: < classical Latin suffrāgō joint in the hind leg of a quadruped or bird, perhaps < sub- sub- prefix + frag- , stem of frangere to break (see fragment n.) + , suffix forming nouns (see -oon suffix).
1. The knee joint of a camel. Obsolete. rare.
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1837 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 30 Dec. 391/2 The camel bends its suffrago, or its knee joint, to permit its rider to mount.
2. Zoology. The intertarsal joint of the leg of a bird (corresponding to the hock of a quadruped). Now rare.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > legs > bones of
metatarsus1682
talus1684
tibia1826
tarsus1828
suffrago1842
tarso-metatarsal1851
tarso-metatarsus1854
boot1864
tibiotarsus1883
metatarse1894
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > part corresponding to heel
talona1425
heel1683
suffrago1842
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1188/1 Suffrago, in Mammalogy and Ornithology, the joint of the tibia with the tarsus.
1867 T. H. Huxley in Proc. Zool. Soc. 457 The feathers always cease above the suffrago, though sometimes the bare area is very small.
1913 Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2 48 The tarsi are very much swollen near the suffrago.
2003 S. J. Girling Vet. Nursing Exotic Pets i. 8/1 The joint between the tibiotarsus and the tarsometatarsus is known as the intertarsal, or suffrago, joint.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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