fibula.
An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
Meaning & usage
An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle, clasp, pin”). The bone is so named because the shape it makes with the tibia resembles a clasp, the fibula being the pin.
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