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fibulae
We have found lemma(root) word of fibulae : fibula.
Definitions
[ˈfɪbjʊlə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the outer and usually smaller of the two bones between the knee and the ankle (or the equivalent joints in other terrestrial vertebrates), parallel with the tibia
- a brooch or clasp
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Origin
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late 16th century: from Latin, ‘brooch’, perhaps related to figere ‘to fix’. 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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