leg#1 (n)

n05560787

type n
lex_filenum 08
def a human limb
def commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
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Hypernym limb
Part holonym body, organic structure, physical structure
Derivationally related form leg → leggy
Part meronym peroneal vein, fibular vein, vena peroneus; saphenous vein, vena saphena; tibial vein, vena tibialis; crus; thigh; shank; shin; foot, human foot, pes; sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus; saphenous nerve, nervus saphenus; knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu; ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis; tibialis, tibialis muscle, musculus tibialis; leg bone; fibula, calf bone; tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin; knock-knee, genu valgum, tibia valga
Hyponym pin, peg, stick; bowleg, bow leg, bandyleg, bandy leg, genu varum, tibia vara; shank's mare, shanks' mare, shank's pony, shanks' pony; spindlelegs, spindleshanks
Incoming links
Derivationally related form leggy → leg
Part meronym body, organic structure, physical structure
Part holonym peroneal vein, fibular vein, vena peroneus; saphenous vein, vena saphena; tibial vein, vena tibialis; crus; thigh; shank; shin; foot, human foot, pes; sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus; saphenous nerve, nervus saphenus; knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu; ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis; tibialis, tibialis muscle, musculus tibialis; leg bone; fibula, calf bone; tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin; knock-knee, genu valgum, tibia valga
Hyponym limb
Hypernym pin, peg, stick; bowleg, bow leg, bandyleg, bandy leg, genu varum, tibia vara; shank's mare, shanks' mare, shank's pony, shanks' pony; spindlelegs, spindleshanks

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