talus

  1. Noun.  (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.
  2. Noun.  A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
  3. Noun.  (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

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