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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff;
[syn: talus, scree]

2. the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint;
[syn: anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Talipes \Tal"i*pes\, n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes, pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.) The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot. [1913 Webster] Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, Talipes varus, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward; T. valgus, in which the foot is bent outward; T. equinus, in which the sole faces backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and T. calcaneus (called also talus), in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Talus \Ta"lus\, n.; pl. Tali. [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.] 1. (Anat.) The astragalus. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Talus \Ta"lus\, n. [F.] 1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

talus n 1: a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff [syn: talus, scree] 2: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint [syn: anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus]