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taluses

taluses is the plural of talus.

Meaning of talus

Noun (1)

talus (plural tali)

  1. The bone of the ankle.

Noun (2)

talus (plural taluses)

  1. A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
    • By the time he reached the first talus slides under the tall escarpments of the Pilares the dawn was not far to come.1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
  2. The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

Questions about taluses

What is taluses the plural of?
Taluses is the plural of talus.

Words near taluses in the dictionary

  1. taluqdaris
  2. taluqdars
  3. taluqs
  4. talus
  5. Talusan
  6. taluses
  7. talwar
  8. talwars
  9. talweg
  10. talwege
  11. talwegs

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