n, pl  -i*ae  also  -i*as  :  the inner and usu. larger of the two bones of the leg between the knee and ankle that articulates above with the femur and below with the talus - called also shinbone  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  da·boia  DOB  tab   taboo 
 
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