talus
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talus¹
- /ˈteɪləs/
Rhymes with -eɪləs
noun tali · tallus
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The bone of the ankle.
Similar: anklebone, astragalus
talus²
- /ˈteɪləs/
Rhymes with -eɪləs
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French talus.
noun taluses · tallus
- A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice. By the time he reached the first talus slides under the tall escarpments of the Pilares the dawn was not far to come.
- The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.
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noun A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice
| Русский | о́сыпь ósypʹ |
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title = {talus},
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