withers

English Thesaurus

1. the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	body part,
definition	:	any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity (noun.body)

part meronym	:	equus caballus, horse,
definition	:	solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	ox,
definition	:	an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	sheep,
definition	:	woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	cervid, deer,
definition	:	distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers (noun.animal)