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Tibiae

Tibia \Tib"i*a\, n.; pl. Tibi[ae]. [L.]

  1. (Anat.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.

  3. (Antiq.) A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

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tibiae

n. (plural of tibia English)

WordNet
tibia

  1. n. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle [syn: shinbone, shin]

  2. [also: tibiae (pl)]

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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.