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noun Zoology.
- the greatly developed middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of hoofed quadruped mammals, extending from the hock to the fetlock.
noun
- a bone in the legs of horses and other hoofed animals consisting of greatly elongated fused metatarsals or metacarpals
Limbs of the horse – Wikipedia
As the horse ages, the ligament (between the cannon bone and the
Splints and Fractures of the Splint Bone in Horses