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noun a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
noun the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *téh₂g-s-los? Proto-Italic *tākslos Latin tālusbor. English talus Borrowed from Latin tālus.
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