cannon bone

English Thesaurus

1. greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bone, os,
definition	:	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (noun.body)

part meronym	:	cannon, shank,
definition	:	lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals (noun.animal)