TIB-CAT
Tib"-cat`, n.
Defn: A female cat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
TIBIA
Tib"i*a, n.; pl. Tibiæ. Etym: [L.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under
Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.
3. (Antiq.)
Defn: A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
TIBIAL Tib"i*al, a. Etym: [L. tibialis, fr. tibia the shin bone; also, a pipe or flute, originally made of a bone: cf. F. tibial.]