"calf bone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: calf bones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} calf bone (plural calf bones)
  1. (anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the fibula. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (smaller lower-leg bone): شَظْيَة (šaẓya) [feminine] (Arabic), شظية (shaẓya) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), малка пищялна кост (malka pištjalna kost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fíbula [feminine] (Catalan), peroné [masculine] (Catalan), 腓骨 (féigǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), lýtková kost [feminine] (Czech), ކުޑަކަޅުވާ ކަށިގަނޑު (kuḍakaḷuvā kaṣigaⁿḍu) (Dhivehi), kuitbeen [neuter] (Dutch), fibula [masculine] (Dutch), fibulo (Esperanto), pindluu (Estonian), pohjeluu (Finnish), péroné [masculine] (French), peroné (Galician), Wadenbein [neuter] (German), Fibula [feminine] (German), περόνη (peróni) [feminine] (Greek), szárkapocs (Hungarian), szárkapocscsont (Hungarian), peroneo (Ido), perone (Italian), 腓骨 (hikotsu) (alt: ひこつ) (Japanese), 종아리뼈 (jong'arippyeo) (Korean), 비골 (bigol) (alt: 腓骨) (Korean), pūkaka (Maori), kapiti (Maori), тахилзуур (taxilzuur) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), нарийн шилбэний чөмөг (nariin šilbenii čömög) [China, Cyrillic] (Mongolian), telezime (Northern Kurdish), بالدر كمیكی (baldır kemiği) (Ottoman Turkish), kość strzałkowa (Polish), fíbula [feminine] (Portuguese), perónio [masculine] (Portuguese), peroneu [neuter] (Romanian), малоберцо́вая кость (malobercóvaja kostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), cauf bane (Scots), cnàimh caol na lurgainn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fíbula [feminine] (Spanish), peroné [masculine] (Spanish), butumbinti (Tagalog), กระดูกน่อง (grà-dùuk-nɔ̂ng) (Thai), baldır kemiği (Turkish), мала гомілкова кістка (mala homilkova kistka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), xương mác (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "malobercóvaja kostʹ",
          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "малоберцо́вая кость"
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          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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          "roman": "grà-dùuk-nɔ̂ng",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
          "word": "baldır kemiği"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mala homilkova kistka",
          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мала гомілкова кістка"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
          "word": "xương mác"
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      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "féigǔ",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "腓骨"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "kuḍakaḷuvā kaṣigaⁿḍu",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peróni",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "περόνη"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jong'arippyeo",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "종아리뼈"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bigol",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "telezime"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "pūkaka"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "kapiti"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "taxilzuur",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "nariin šilbenii čömög",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "нарийн шилбэний чөмөг"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "baldır kemiği",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "بالدر كمیكی"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "kość strzałkowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fíbula"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "peroneu"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "malobercóvaja kostʹ",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "малоберцо́вая кость"
    },
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      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "cauf bane"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cnàimh caol na lurgainn"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fíbula"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "peroné"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "butumbinti"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-dùuk-nɔ̂ng",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "กระดูกน่อง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "baldır kemiği"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mala homilkova kistka",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мала гомілкова кістка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "smaller lower-leg bone",
      "word": "xương mác"
    }
  ],
  "word": "calf bone"
}

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