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tarsus

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1. tarsus - Noun

2. Tarsus - Proper noun

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The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones.

A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.

The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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There are also in some places springs which have the peculiarity of giving fine singing voices to the natives, as at Tarsus in Magnesia and in other countries of that kind. Vitruvius

It was the most portentous mission since Saul of Tarsus has suffered an epileptic seizure and called it Christianity. James K. Morrow

So in summary you can see that in my experience there has been no sudden blast of enlightenment, no blinding light such as Paul of Tarsus experienced on the Damascus road. Rather I have experienced a series of smaller steps, some taken with no hesitation, others with some fear and trembling. Howard Ray Carey

According to Church tradition, it was under Nero's persecution that early Church leaders Peter and Paul of Tarsus were each martyred in Rome. Source: Internet

Among standard linear measurements, the wing chord is convert, the tail is convert long, and the tarsus is convert. Source: Internet

But Cyril refused to compromise and when he opened his attack (437) upon Diodorus of Tarsus and Theodore, John sided with them and Theodoret assumed the defense of the Antiochian party (c. 439). Source: Internet

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