Definition of tarsus

• n. - The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones.
• n. - A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.
• n. - The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.