[ta.lus] n [F, fr. L talutium slope indicating presence of gold under the soil] (1645) 1: a slope formed esp. by an accumulation of rock debris
2: rock debris at the base of a cliff
[2]ta.lus n, pl ta.li [NL, fr. L] (ca. 1693) 1: the human tarsal bone that bears the weight of the body and that together with the tibia and fibula forms the ankle joint
2: the entire ankle