||Fib"u*la (?), n.; pl.
FibulÆ (#). [L., clasp, buckle.]
1. A brooch, clasp, or buckle.
Mere fibulæ, without a robe to
clasp.
Wordsworth.2. (Anat.) The outer and usually the
smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the
knee.
3. (Surg.) A needle for sewing up
wounds.