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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The front section of a side of meat.
  • noun The foreleg, shoulder, and adjacent lateral parts of an animal, especially a horse.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The foreleg, shoulder and surrounding area of the body of a quadruped
  • noun The front half of a side of meat

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the front half of a side of meat

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