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Talus

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Noun

1. scree, talus

a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff

2. anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus

the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Talus

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noun plural -li (-laɪ)
the bone of the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
. Nontechnical name: anklebone
noun plural -luses
1. geology another name for scree
2. fortifications
the sloping side of a wall

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Talus

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nounWord forms: plural ˈtaluses or ˈtaˌli (ˈteɪˌlaɪ ; tāˈlīˌ)
1. 
the bone of the ankle that joins with the ends of the fibula, tibia, and calcaneus to form the ankle joint; anklebone
2. 
the entire ankle
noun
1. 
a slope
2.  Geology
a. 
a pile of rock debris at the foot of a cliff
b. 
a mantle of rock fragments on a slope below a rock face

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Talus

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n. pl. ta·li (-lī′)
1. The bone of the ankle that articulates with the tibia and fibula to form the ankle joint. Also called anklebone, astragalus.
2. The ankle.
n. pl. ta·lus·es
A sloping mass of rock debris at the base of a cliff.

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