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Answer for the clue "Bones near the fibulae ", 6 letters:
tibiae

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of tibia English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tibia \Tib"i*a\, n.; pl. Tibi[ae] . [L.] (Anat.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee. (Zo["o]l.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera , and under Hexapoda ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle [syn: shinbone , shin ] [also: tibiae (pl)]

Usage examples of tibiae.

Giant femurs, tibiae, vertebrae, and a strange skull lay nestled together.

He saw enormous ribs, or they could have been the skeletons of spiders whose tibiae eagerly gripped blood-speckled, bulbous eggs.

Starlight slanting through the entrance showed him a cross section of skulls, splintered tibiae and fibulae, ribcages like lightless lanterns.