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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thigh \Thigh\ (th[imac]), noun [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}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.
{Thigh bone} (Anat.), the femur.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thigh
noun
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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