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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Anat.) The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See
horse .
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- noun anatomy The
shank bone , or great bone above thefetlock , in the fore and hind legs of thehorse and allied animals, corresponding to the middlemetacarpal ormetatarsal bone of mostmammals .
Etymologies
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French canon, from Latin canon ("a rule").
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