See also safety pin Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Inflected Form(s): plural fib·u·lae \-lē, -lī\ or fib·u·las
Etymology: Latin, pin, clasp; akin to Latin figere to fasten
Date: 1578
1 : the outer and usually smaller of the two bones between the knee and ankle in the hind or lower limbs of vertebrates
2 : a clasp resembling a safety pin used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans
See also safety pin
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Inflected Form(s): plural fib·u·lae \-lē, -lī\ or fib·u·las
Etymology: Latin, pin, clasp; akin to Latin figere to fasten
Date: 1578
1 : the outer and usually smaller of the two bones between the knee and ankle in the hind or lower limbs of vertebrates
2 : a clasp resembling a safety pin used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans