English

Alternative spellings

• tallus

Pronunciation

• /'teɪləs/

  Rhymes: -eɪləs

Etymology 1

Noun

1. (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.

Synonyms

• anklebone
• astragalus

Derived terms

• taler

See also

• bone

Etymology 2

Noun

1. A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
   • 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing,

     By the time he reached the first talus slides under the tall escarpments of the Pilares the dawn was not far to come.

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

• /taly/

Noun

1. slope, embankment

Architecture

• Talus, in architecture, the slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top, to resist the pressure of the earth behind it.

Outdoors

• Talus Outdoor Tech, is an outdoor product design and manufacturing company located in Missoula, Montana. Their signature product is the ColdAvenger mask.

Science

• The talus bone, a bone connecting the leg to the foot
• The extinct genus Talus (trilobite), from the Acastidae family.
• Scree, small broken rock piles found on mountain slopes and at the base of cliffs

Mythology

• Talos, a rock-throwing giant made of bronze in Greek mythology.

Science fiction

• Talos IV, a planet in the Star Trek universe, seen in the episode The Menagerie
• Talus, a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe
• The Tallus, a device employed in the Marvel comic book Exiles
• Talus is an electronic design automation tool by Magma Design Automation
• A talus is a bronze, tracked, guard robot in the Gene Wolfe tetralogy The Book of the Long Sun, more details are under Talos

Music

• Talus was a rock band of which Glenn Danzig was a member, prior to starting The Misfits