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noun

Tibia n. (pl. tibiae)

(Anat.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.

(Zool.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect.

(Antiq.) A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

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Etymology of 'Tibia'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tibia" Quotes from Famous Books

... Tibia non ut nunc orichalco vincta, tubaeque AEmula. Et, Sic priscae motumque, & luxuriam addidit arti Tibicen, traxitque vagus per pulpita vestem: Sic etiam fidibus voces crevere feveris, Et ...

— The Art Of Poetry An Epistle To The Pisos - Q. Horatii Flacci Epistola Ad Pisones, De Arte Poetica. • Horace

... long grace our suppers were served out to us. I remember I got an enormous bone with but little flesh on it, which, if I may form an opinion from its great size and from a rapid anatomical survey, must have been the tibia of an ox. A young Boer sat opposite to me—a wonderful fellow. He got through several mealie cobs (and large ones too) whilst I was eating half a one. His method was peculiar, and shows what practice can do. He shoved a mealie ...

— Cetywayo and his White Neighbours - Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal • H. Rider Haggard

Words linked to "Tibia" : tibia valga, shin, shinbone, tibial, shin bone, leg bone, tibia vara, leg