thigh
English Thesaurus
1. the part of the leg between the hip and the knee (noun.body)
hypernym | : | limb, |
definition | : | one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | lap, |
definition | : | the upper side of the thighs of a seated person (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | femoral vein, vena femoralis, |
definition | : | a vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath; a continuation of the popliteal vein; becomes the external iliac vein (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | femoris, femur, thighbone, |
definition | : | the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | leg, |
definition | : | a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle (noun.body) |
2. the upper joint of the leg of a fowl (noun.food)
hypernym | : | helping, portion, serving, |
definition | : | an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal (noun.food) |
part holonym | : | dark meat, |
definition | : | the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food (noun.food) |
part meronym | : | bird, fowl, |
definition | : | the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food (noun.food) |
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