Pl. tali. [L. tālus ankle.]
1. The ankle-bone or astragalus; also applied to an analogous part in birds and insects.
1693. trans. Blancard’s Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Talus, see Astragalus.
1706. Phillips (ed. 6), Talus, (lat.) the Ancle or Huckle-Bone, otherwise call’d Astragalus; the Pastern of a Beast; also a Die to play with.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., III. 385. Talus (the Ankle), the apex of the Tibia [of an insect], where it is united to the Tarsus.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VI. 556. The capsule of the ankle-joint was loose and lax, the talus smooth and oblique.
2. Path. A variety of clubfoot in which the toes are drawn up, the heel resting on the ground.
1864. in Webster.
1887. in Cassell’s Encycl. Dict.
3. A nodular concretion somewhat resembling an astragalus bone.
a. 1728. Woodward, Nat. Hist. Fossils (1729), I. I. 81. Of the Septa, or Partitions, that parcel out this Body into various Masses or Tali.
