Usually means: Bony projection on bird's tarsometatarsus.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (hypotarsus)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.

Similar:
tibiotarsus, tarsus, tarsale, tarsal, tarsal bone, tibiale, hypapophysis, tarse, distitarsus, foretarsus, more...

Opposite:
hypertarsus, hyperpodism

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Similar:
tibiotarsus, tarsus, tarsale, tarsal, tarsal bone, tibiale, hypapophysis, tarse, distitarsus, foretarsus, more...

Opposite:
hypertarsus, hyperpodism



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