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ANKLEBONE
anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus
(noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
anklebone (plural anklebones)
The bone of the ankle.
Synonym: talus
Source: Wiktionary
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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