Tarsus vs Hock - What's the difference?
tarsus | hock |
(anatomy) The part of the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus.
(anatomy) Any of the seven bones in this part of the foot.
(anatomy) A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.
(zoology) In insects and other arthropods, any of a series of articulations in the true foot; the last joint forming the foot in spiders.
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region, but often applied to all Rhenish wines.
The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
Meat from that part of a food animal.
, obligation as collateral for a loan.
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Debt.
Installment purchase.
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Prison.
As nouns the difference between tarsus and hock
is that tarsus is (anatomy) the part of the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus while hock is a rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the hochheim region, but often applied to all rhenish wines or hock can be the tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog or hock can be , obligation as collateral for a loan.As a verb hock is
to disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough or hock can be (senseid)(colloquial) to leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan or hock can be (us) to bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.tarsus
English
Noun
(tarsi)Derived terms
* tarsal * tarsal boneAnagrams
* * English nouns with irregular plurals ----hock
English
Etymology 1
From hockamore, from the name of the German town of .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) hoch, hough, hocke, from Old English ‘skeleton’)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* rattle one's hocksEtymology 3
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(-)- He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
- They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.