tarsal

adjective

Of, relating to, or situated near the tarsus of the foot.

adjective

Of or relating to the tarsus of the eyelid.

Of or pertaining to the tarsus, ankle, or instep of the foot: correlated with carpal: as, tarsal bones; tarsal articulations.

Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus of a bird, commonly called the tarsus, between the heel and the bases of the toes: as, the tarsal envelop; tarsal scutella.

Of or pertaining to the last segment of an insect’s leg: as, tarsal joints; tarsal claws.

Of or pertaining to the tarsi of the eyelids: as, tarsal cartilages; the tarsal muscle.

Heteromera, having the four anterior tarsi five-jointed and the two posterior four-jointed;

Tetramera, having four joints to all the tarsi;

Trimera, having three joints to all the tarsi.

To these Latreille added Dimera, having two joints to all the tarsi, and