ta|lus

ta|lus
ta|lus1 «TAY luhs», noun, plural -li.
1. the human anklebone; astragalus.
2. the human ankle.
╂[< Latin tālus ankle]
ta|lus2 «TAY luhs», noun, plural -lus|es.
1. Geology. a sloping mass of rocky fragments that has fallen from a cliff: »

Piles of talus (earth and rocks dislodged from above by the processes of weathering, which the forces of erosion are unable to remove as fast as they accumulate) lie in abundance against the bases of dry-land escarpments (Finch and Trewartha).

2. a sloping side of a wall, rampart, trench, or the like.
3. any slope.
╂[< Old French talu < Latin talūtium a sign of gold near the surface]

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