Definition of "tarsi" [tar•si]

• Plural form of tarsus. (noun)

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• "The same number of joints in the tarsi is a character common to very large groups of beetles, but in the Engidæ, as Westwood has remarked, the number varies greatly; and the number likewise differs in the two sexes of the same species."
• "The same number of joints in the tarsi is a character generally common to very large groups of beetles, but in the Engidæ, as"
• "Antennae can be clavate, moniliform, filiform, pectinate, geniculate, or serrate. legs that end in two to five small segments which are called tarsi, and are somehwhat like feet."