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Tarsal

tarsal

(Science: anatomy) Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye).

A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale.

(Science: medicine) Tarsal tetter, an eruptive disease of the edges of the eyelids; a kind of bleareye.

(Science: zoology) same as Tercel.


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Flies and walls...

The segments, or tarsi, at the end of insect legs possess clawlike structures that help the insect hold on to different types of surfaces. These tarsal claws are used to grip the tiny irregularities on rough surfaces. But in some cases, insects do make use of a kind of adhesion. If the surface ...

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