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Meanings of thigh bone in inglês

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The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in the vertebrate tetrapods, including humans.

Usage of thigh bone in inglês
1
A second brought another to the earth with a broken thigh bone.
Vellenaux / A Novel
2
He thinks he can see the elephant's thigh bone on the bottom.
The eye of the leopard
3
In the end it turned out that he had broken his thigh bone.
The Guardian
4
Your thigh bone, like the grasshopper's thigh, is called a femur.
The Insect Folk
5
They've got a thigh bone, it seems, nearly a yard long.
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
6
I've only a thigh bone to pick after this, and then I'm off.
The Canadian Brothers; Or, The Prophecy Fulfilled: A Tale of the...
7
With a nice little fracture of the thigh bone thrown in.
The Young Lions
8
A contested thigh bone The year started with a bang.
The South African
9
The litmus test for gaging the size of the animal is the thigh bone.
Wired
10
A broken thigh bone was not going to stop Ingesson.
The Guardian
11
His thigh bone had been completely shattered by the bullet.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
12
Lord Lindsay was shot through the thigh bone, and fell.
A Book of Golden Deeds
13
Captain Goad fell, his thigh bone broken by a bullet.
For Name and Fame; Or, Through Afghan Passes
14
Wrenching agony announced the tearing loose of his thigh bone from his hip socket.
Forge of Darkness
15
The thigh bone was shattered, splinters jutting through puffy flesh.
Forge of Darkness
16
Take for example your femur bone, or thigh bone.
Wired