Metacarpus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The part of the human hand that includes the five bones between the fingers and the wrist.
  • n. The corresponding part of the forefoot of a quadruped.
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  • n. The five bones that form intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of artiodactyla.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In anatomy, the second segment of the manus or terminal division of the fore limb of a vertebrate, considered with reference to its bony structure; the segment which comes between the carpus and the phalanges, corresponding to the metatarsus of the foot.
  • n. Same as actinost.
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  • n. the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    skeletal structure   
    Cross Reference
    bone   
    Variant
    metacarpi    artiodactyla   
    Form
    metacarpally    metacarpal   
    Same Context
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