TARSIA; TARSIATURA
Tar"si*a, Tar`si*a*tu"ra, n. Etym: [It.]
Defn: A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.
TARSIER
Tar"si*er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tarsier.]
Defn: See Tarsius.
TARSIUS
Tar"si*us, n. Etym: [NL. See Tarsus.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; — called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier.
TARSO-
Tar"so-.
Defn: A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tarsus; as, tarsometatarsus.
TARSOMETATARSAL Tar`so*met`a*tar"sal, a. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; as, the tarsometatarsal articulations. (b) Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.
TARSOMETATARSUS
Tar`so*met`a*tar"sus, n.; pl. Tarsometatarsi. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)