单词 | suffrago |
释义 | suffragon.ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1837 |
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