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astragalocalcaneum

astragalocalcaneum noun: a fused astragalus and calcaneum.

Noun

astragalocalcaneum (plural astragalocalcaneums or astragalocalcanea)

  1. A fused astragalus and calcaneum
    • In Camposaurus arizonensis from the Norian of Arizona, USA, widely regarded as the oldest neotheropod[58 ,25 ], the distal fibula is fused to the distal tibia and to the fused astragalocalcaneum.2016 January 21, “The Oldest Jurassic Dinosaur: A Basal Neotheropod from the Hettangian of Great Britain”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of astragalocalcaneum

pluralastragalocalcaneums
pluralastragalocalcanea

Origin of astragalocalcaneum

From astragalo- + calcaneum.

Words formed from astragalocalcaneum

Questions about astragalocalcaneum

What does astragalocalcaneum mean?
Astragalocalcaneum means a fused astragalus and calcaneum.
What part of speech is astragalocalcaneum?
Astragalocalcaneum is a noun.
What is the plural of astragalocalcaneum?
The plural of astragalocalcaneum is astragalocalcaneums.

Words near astragalocalcaneum in the dictionary

  1. astragaline
  2. astragalo-
  3. astragalocalcanea
  4. astragalocalcaneal
  5. astragalocalcanean
  6. astragalocalcaneum
  7. astragalocalcaneums
  8. astragalofibular
  9. astragaloi
  10. astragaloid
  11. astragalomancy

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