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(Latin: lime, calcium; heel, bone of the tarsus; to tread; derived from calx, calcis, "limestone, lime, pebble"; from Greek words halix and psephos, "small stone, pebble".)
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The foot of an insect: The tarsus is the one-segmented to five-segmented appendage attached to the tibia, or lower leg segment.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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