Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The whole hind limb of any vertebrate, consisting of the meros (thigh), crus (leg), and pes (foot): the antithesis is armus.
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Examples
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But if the mere appearance of the word shows him that it means a thing _with equal legs_, being compounded of ισος {isos}, equal, and σκελος {skelos}, a leg, he will understand its appropriateness and will have no difficulty in remembering it.
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