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[syn: second joint, thigh]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thigh \Thigh\ (th[imac]), n. [OE. thi, [thorn]ih, [thorn]eh, AS.
[thorn]e['o]h; akin to OFries. thiach, D. dij, dije, OHG.
dioh, thioh, Icel. [thorn]j[=o] thigh, rump, and probably to
Lith. taukas fat of animals, tukti to become fat, Russ. tuke
fat of animals. [root]56.]
1. (Anat.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the
knee and the trunk. See Femur.
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2. (Zool.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.
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Thigh bone (Anat.), the femur.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thigh
n 1: the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
2: the upper joint of the leg of a fowl [syn: second joint,
thigh]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "thigh":
ankle, bayonet legs, bowlegs, breast, calf, chicken foot, cnemis,
dark meat, drumstick, foreleg, gamb, gambrel, giblets, gigot, ham,
hind leg, hock, jamb, knee, leg, limb, neck, oyster, podite,
popliteal space, scissor-legs, shank, shin, stems, stumps, tarsus,
trotters, turkey foot, white meat, wing, wishbone