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Metacarpus

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Metacarpus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/metacarpus.html. 1828.