Definition of thigh

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Thigh (n.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect..

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Waistcloth :: Waistcloth (n.) A cloth or wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips and passing between the thighs..
Groin :: Groin (n.) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen..
Belly :: Belly (n.) That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen..
Crus :: Crus (n.) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank..
Cuish :: Cuish (n.) Defensive armor for the thighs.
Meros :: Meros (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh.
Breeches :: Breeches (n. pl.) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes..
Bone :: Bone (n.) One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body..
Hamstring :: Hamstring (n.) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh..
Genitocrural :: Genitocrural (a.) Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch..
Tulle :: Tulle (n.) In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses..
Demisuit :: Demisuit (n.) A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the legs below the thighs, no vizor to the helmet, and the like..
Femoral :: Femoral (a.) Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery..
Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts..
Twister :: Twister (n.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback..
Cotyloid :: Cotyloid (a.) Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone..
Lap :: Lap (n.) The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury..
Precrural :: Precrural (a.) Situated in front of the leg or thigh; as, the precrural glands of the horse..
Ham :: Ham (n.) The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking..
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