tibia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tibia
    n 1: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg
         between the knee and ankle [syn: {tibia}, {shinbone}, {shin
         bone}, {shin}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tibia \Tib"i*a\, n.; pl. {Tibiae}. [L.]
   1. (Anat.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of
      the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
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   2. (Zool.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See
      Illust. under {Coleoptera}, and under {Hexapoda}.
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   3. (Antiq.) A musical instrument of the flute kind,
      originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
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