calappian (kalapian)

[ Same as calathidium . calathus (kal'a-thus), n.; pl. calathi (-thi). [L., κάλαθος , a vase-shaped basket: see calathidium .] 1. In cla ical antiq ., a basket in which Greek and Roman women kept their -al.] 1. In an at., relating to the calcaneum or heel-bone: as, calcaneal arteries, ligaments, etc.-2. In ornith., of or pertaining to the back upper part of the tarsometatarsus (tarsus of ordinary language) of a bird, where there is often a tuberosity regarded by some ornithologists as a calcaneum, and so named by them: as, a calcaneal tubercle; calcaneal tuberosity. See cut under tarsometatarsus. In most birds, the posterior face of the proximal end of the middle metatarsal, and the adjacent surface of the tarsal bone, grow out into a proce , which is commonly, but improperly, termed calcaneal . Huxley , Anat. Vert., p. 254. calcanean (kal-kā'nē-an), a. [ calcaneum + -an.] Belonging to the heel; calcaneal. calcaneum (kal-kā nē-um), n .; pl. calcanea (-a). [L., the heel, calx (calc-), the heel.] 1. In an at ., one of the tarsal bones, the os calcis, or bone of the heel; the outer one of the bones of the proximal row, in its generalized condition called the fibulare ; in man, the largest bone of the tarsus, forming the prominence of the heel. See cuts under foot , hock1 , and Ornithoscelida. 2. In ornith ., a bony proce or protuberance on the back of the upper end of the tarsometatarsal bone: so called because considered by some as the representative of the os calcis; but the latter is more generally regarded as represented in the outer condyle of the tibia.