Bone eaten by fearsome Tatars, allegedly (10)

I believe the answer is:

metatarsal

'bone' is the definition.
(I know that metatarsal is a type of bone)

'eaten by fearsome tatars allegedly' is the wordplay.
'eaten by' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'METATARSAL' can be found hidden inside 'fearsome tatars allegedly'.

(Other definitions for metatarsal that I've seen before include "Bone in the foot" , "Part of foot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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