The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quadriceps \Quad"ri*ceps\, n. [NL., fr. L. qyattuor four + caput head.] (Anat.) The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quadriceps n 1: a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg [syn: quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, quad]