Malleolus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malleolus \Mal*le"*o*lus\, n.; pl. {Malleoli}. [L., dim. of
     malleus hammer.]
     1. (Anat.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the
        leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the
        internal projection, that of the fibula the external.
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     2. " A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and
        there cut halfway through.
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