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Fibula

//ˈfɪb.jʊl.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.

    "Most of the fibulae have a triangular molding above the notch, which probably contained wound wire. The crossbar is decorated either with a flat knob or with a Persian merlon."

  2. 2
    the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle wordnet
  3. 3
    The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle, clasp, pin”). The bone is so named because the shape it makes with the tibia resembles a clasp, the fibula being the pin.

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