The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TALUS
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More clues leading to the result TALUS
- Letters from Crete about large pile of rocks
- Fragments of rock or crystal, usually after erosion
- Piece of metal used for part of joint
- Sloping part of fortification sultan mostly reconstructed
- Bone is set in hospital, usually
- Foot’s part in brief dialogue with America
- Bone in good health after sides are exchanged
- Bit of skeleton kept in hospital usually
- Part of body to inhibit a lustfulness inside
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What does TALUS mean?
TALUS noun- The bone of the ankle.
- A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
- The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.