One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shank, bone, great, fetlock, fore.
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Canon bone
The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.
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