leg

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Not me left leg - not as important as me right side - but nevertheless - a leg is a leg - and me left one - (YELLING) Julia!

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  1. noun A limb or an appendage of an animal, used for locomotion or support.
  2. noun One of the lower or hind limbs in humans and primates.
  3. noun The part of the limb between the knee and foot in vertebrates.
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  • Not me left leg - not as important as me right side - but nevertheless - a leg is a leg - and me left one - (YELLING) Julia! —  Equal and Opposite
  • Right after his leg was amputated, Qi says, he often wore shorts to show off his scars and told his story to anyone who asked.
  • In the months leading up to the transplant, Dan's other leg was amputated and Nancy's financial situation grew grim. —  Reader's Digest
  • His daily shilling for Obama has grown tiresome. yeah, it makes me wonder if his leg is all tingly. —  Latest Articles
  • I read it over the summer, and I believe the girl enters a friend's (I think) dog called Blue into a dog show and wins, but Blue gets hit by a car after the show and his leg is amputated. —  Utne Reader Latest 10 Articles
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arm ·  neck ·  foot ·  limb ·  finger ·  knee ·  skin ·  hair ·  tooth ·  mouth ·  tail ·  wing

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leg:   legged ·  legs

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  1. Middle English, from Old Norse leggr.

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  1. Early modern English also legge; from Middle English leg, plural legges, from Icelandic leggr, a leg, a hollow bone, = Dan, læg = Swedish läg, the calf of the leg. The Anglo-Saxon word for ‘leg’ was scanca (later English shank); the G. word is bein (= English bone).
  2. from leg, n.
 

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