Definition of "fibula" []

• The outer and narrower of two bones of the human lower leg, extending from the knee to the ankle. (noun)
• The corresponding bone in the hind leg of an animal. (noun)
• An often ornamented clasp or brooch used in ancient Greece and Rome to fasten clothing. (noun)

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• "Tyson Thompson, recovered from a fractured fibula, is a legit No. 3."
• "Like the tibia they had found the previous season, the fibula was a slender, short bone, and Louis surmised that the leg did not belong to Zinj after all, but to his consort."
• "The only subcutaneous parts of the fibula are the head, the lower part of the body, and the lateral malleolus."