tarsus vs upright

tarsus

noun
  • The true foot or the fifth joint of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, typically consisting of several small segments and ending in a claw. 

  • A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control. 

  • The shank or tarsometatarsus of the leg of a bird or reptile. 

  • A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot. 

upright

noun
  • A leg 

  • An upright piano. 

  • An upright arcade game cabinet. 

  • A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic. 

  • A goal post. 

  • Any vertical part of a structure. 

verb
  • To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen). 

adv
  • In or into an upright position. 

adj
  • Greater in height than breadth. 

  • Of good morals; practicing ethical values. 

  • Vertical; erect 

  • Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft. 

  • In its proper orientation; not overturned. 

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