talus

/หˆteษชlษ™s/

IPA: /T AE1 L IH0 S/

noun
  1. 1

    The bone of the ankle.

noun
  1. 1

    A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

  2. 2

    The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

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