fibula

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fib=u=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

fibula, n. [L., clasp, buckle.].

•  A brooch, clasp, or buckle.  [1913 Webster]

  "Mere fibulæ, without a robe to clasp."  [1913 Webster]
•  The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.  [1913 Webster]
•  A needle for sewing up wounds.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fibula, n. (pl. fibulae or fibulas)
1 Anat. the smaller and outer of the two bones between the knee and the ankle in terrestrial vertebrates.
2 Antiq. a brooch or clasp.

Derivative

fibular adj.

Etymology

L, perh. rel. to figere fix