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Webster 1913 Edition
Metapodiale
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Metˊa-poˊdi-a′le
,Noun.
pl.
Metapodialia
(#)
. [NL. See
Metapode
.] (Anat.)
One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.
Definition 2024
metapodiale
metapodiale
English
Noun
metapodiale (plural metapodialia)
- (anatomy) One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.
- 1907, William Corless Mills, Explorations of the Edwin Harness mound (page 56)
- The bone usually employed in making the needle was the metapodiale bone of the deer and elk.
- 1907, William Corless Mills, Explorations of the Edwin Harness mound (page 56)