Usually means: Terminal foot segment in arthropods.
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  1. pretarsus: Merriam-Webster
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pretarsus)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) The distal segment of the leg in many insects, often including a pair of claws.

Similar:
protarsus, basitarsus, tarsus, telotarsus, tibia, apicotarsus, acrotarsium, distitibia, basipodium, phalange, more...

Opposite:
posttarsus, metatarsus

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Similar:
protarsus, basitarsus, tarsus, telotarsus, tibia, apicotarsus, acrotarsium, distitibia, basipodium, phalange, more...

Opposite:
posttarsus, metatarsus



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