Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Any of several muscles of the lateral side of the leg, which arise from the fibula and act to move the foot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fibularis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
muscle of the lower leg that is involved in moving the foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skeletal muscle, striated muscle
History
Borrowed from Late Latin peroneus, clipping of mūsculus peroneus (“peroneal muscle”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
