calcanea

Variant of calcaneus

noun pl. calcanei

  1. the large tarsal bone that forms the heel in humans; heel bone
  2. a homologous bone in other tetrapod vertebrates
    also calcaneum

Origin: LL < L calcaneum < calx, the heel: see calcar

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