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talus

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun talus has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

talusn. [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.].
  •  The astragalus.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.  [1913 Webster]
talusn. [F.].
  •  A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

talus, n. (pl. tali) Anat. the ankle-bone supporting the tibia. Also called ASTRAGALUS.

talus, n. (pl. taluses)
1 the slope of a wall that tapers to the top or rests against a bank.
2 Geol. a sloping mass of fragments at the foot of a cliff.

Etymology
F: orig. unkn.

ROGET THESAURUS

talus

Obliquity

N obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness, slopeness, leaning, bevel, tilt, bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch, distortion, bend, tower of Pisa, acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity, gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent, shelving beach, talus, monagne Russe, facilis descensus averni.

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