Tarsus may refer to:
Biology
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Tarsus (skeleton), a cluster of articulating bones in each foot
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Tarsus (eyelids), elongated plate of dense connective tissue in each eyelid
*The distal segment of an arthropod leg see
Arthropod tarsus The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking. Many of the terms used for arthropod leg segments (called podomeres) are of Latin origin, and may be confused with terms for bones: ''coxa'' (meaning hip, plur ...
*The lower leg of a bird, also known as
tarsometatarsus
The tarsometatarsus is a bone that is only found in the lower leg of birds and some non-avian dinosaurs. It is formed from the fusion of several bones found in other types of animals, and homologous to the mammalian tarsus (ankle bones) and meta ...
Places
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Tarsus, Mersin
Tarsus (Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒅈𒊭 ; grc, Ταρσός, label=Ancient Greek, Greek ; xcl, Տարսոն, label=Old Armenian, Armenian ; ar, طَرسُوس ) is a historic city in south-central Turkey, inland from the Mediterranea ...
, ancient and modern city in Turkey (former region of Cilicia)
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Tarsus (West Syriac Diocese), a Syrian Orthodox archdiocese, attested between the seventh and thirteenth centuries
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Tarsus Waterfall
Tarsus Waterfall is located on the northern outskirts of the city of Tarsus, not far from the motorway , in southern Turkey.
Since the construction of the Berdan Dam
Berdan Dam is an embankment dam on the Berdan River in Mersin Province, Tur ...
, on the outskirts of the city
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Berdan River, also known as the Tarsus River, which flows past the city
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Tarsus (Bithynia)
Tarsus or Tarsos ( grc, Ταρσός) was a town of ancient Bithynia, on the inland road east of Nicomedia. It is mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζά ...
, a town of ancient Bithynia, now in Turkey
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Tarsus (crater)
Tarsus is an impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars. It is in diameter and was named by the IAU in 1976 after the city of Tarsus, Turkey.
Tarsus is located in Chryse Planitia, north of the crater Taxco
Taxco de Alarcón (; usually ...
, an impact crater on Mars
Other uses
* ''Tarsus'' (1948–1960), a Turkish Maritime Lines ship formerly
USS ''Harry Lee''
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