"talus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈteɪləs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-talus.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tali [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪləs Etymology: From Latin tālus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|tālus}} Latin tālus Head templates: {{en-noun|tali}} talus (plural tali)
  1. (anatomy) The bone of the ankle. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Bones Synonyms: anklebone, astragalus Derived forms: talar Related terms: bone
    Sense id: en-talus-en-noun-q9XgNzmI Disambiguation of Bones: 72 15 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 27 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 56 23 21 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tallus
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈteɪləs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-talus.wav [Southern-England] Forms: taluses [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪləs Etymology: From French talus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|talus}} French talus Head templates: {{en-noun}} talus (plural taluses)
  1. (geology) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice. Categories (topical): Geology Translations (A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice): сипей (sipej) (Bulgarian), talús [masculine] (Catalan), osyp [masculine] (Czech), ur [common-gender] (Danish), urð [feminine] (Faroese), scileach [masculine] (Irish), sceallach [masculine] (Irish), ur [common-gender] (Norwegian), steinrøys [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), о́сыпь (ósypʹ) [feminine] (Russian), suť [feminine] (Slovak), melišče [neuter] (Slovene), taluskon [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-talus-en-noun-lfsvR7ii Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice': 97 3
  2. (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-talus-en-noun-a5HhPldB Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tallus Coordinate_terms: colluvium, scree
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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