Plural of tibia
regular plural
The plural of tibia is tibias or tibiae.
Forms of tibia
| Singular | tibia /ˈtɪbiə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | tibias tibiae |
| Countable | countable |
Tibias and tibiae in a sentence
- Most psammophilic species have expanded tibiae that function as shovels when these beetles are burrowing.2016, Rolf G. Beutel, Richard A.B. Leschen, Coleoptera, Beetles. Morphology and Systematics, →ISBN. From the entry psammophilic
- Tibiae frequently mutic and very distinctly more slender toward its apex.1922, Burle Jackson Jones, The Wing Veins of Insects, volume 1, page 202. From the entry mutic
- Legs flavescent, femora with coarse, coalescing round, castaneous spots, some forming anteapical annulus, tibiae with vague, irregularly scattered castaneous dashes; tarsi light castaneous.1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of…. From the entry anteapical
- We can, however, learn a great deal by examining Greek and later Roman evidence, including artistic portrayals of singers, tibicines, and theatrical performances, and some surviving tibiae.2012, Timothy J. Moore, Music in Roman Comedy, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 14. From the entry tibicen
- Hind tibiae bristled above, about 8 bristles in antero- and posterodorsal rows nearly as long as tibia is deep, intermixed with shorter hairing, ventrally with short adpressed bristly-hairs.1994, Milan Chvála, The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. From the entry adpress
Meaning of tibia
- noun The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.
- noun The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.
- noun The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.
Questions about the plural of tibia
- What is the plural of tibia?
- The plural of tibia is tibias or tibiae.
- Which is correct, tibias or tibiae?
- Both are used. tibiae is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is tibia countable?
- Tibia is a countable noun.
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