Thigh
Thigh (thī) , noun
[Old English thi, þih, þeh, Anglo-Saxon þeóh; akin to OFries. thiach, Dutch dij, dije, Old High German dioh, thioh, Icelandic þjō thigh, rump, and probably to Lithuanian taukas fat of animals, tukti to become fat, Russ. tuke fat of animals. r56.]
1.
(Anatomy) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.
2.
(Zoology) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.
Collocations (1)
Thigh bone (Anatomy) , the femur.