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Girl/Female
Biblical
Winged, feathered.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, German, and Dutch
English, French, German, and Dutch : from the personal name Paul (Latin Paulus ‘small’), which has always been popular in Christendom. It was the name adopted by the Pharisee Saul of Tarsus after his conversion to Christianity on the road to Damascus in about ad 34. He was a most energetic missionary to the Gentiles in the Roman Empire, and played a very significant role in establishing Christianity as a major world religion. The name was borne also by numerous other early saints. The American surname has absorbed cognates from other European languages, for example Greek Pavlis and its many derivatives. It is also occasionally borne by Jews; the reasons for this are not clear.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phóil ‘son of Paul’. Compare McFall.Catalan (Paül) : habitational name from any of several places named Paül.Spanish : topographic name from paúl ‘marsh’, ‘lagoon’.Spanish : Castilianized form of Basque Padul, a habitational name from a town of this name in Araba province.
Biblical
winged; feathered
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n.
The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.
n.
tarsus.
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The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.
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The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones.
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of Tarsus
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The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.
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pl. of Tarsus.
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Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
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Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; as, the tarsometatarsal articulations.
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That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
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The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.
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The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.
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A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.
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Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye).
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Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds.
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Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
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The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.
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Of or pertaining to both to the tibia and the tarsus; as, the tibiotarsal articulation.
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One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.