"femur" meaning in English

See femur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-femur.wav [US] Forms: femurs [plural], femora [plural]
Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Latin femur (“thigh”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|femur||thigh}} Latin femur (“thigh”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|femora}} femur (plural femurs or femora)
  1. (anatomy) A thighbone. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Bones
    Sense id: en-femur-en-noun-Xkf~kWQ9 Disambiguation of Bones: 57 31 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 18 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 11 30 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (entomology) The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia. Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-femur-en-noun-d2kAZwZY Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
  3. (arachnology) A segment of the leg of an arachnid. Categories (topical): Arachnology
    Sense id: en-femur-en-noun-LKkodaEL Topics: arachnology, biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: femoral, femur head Translations (segment of insect’s leg): fèmur [masculine] (Catalan), reisi (Finnish), Femur [neuter] (German), קוּלִית (qulít) [feminine] (Hebrew), hestiyê ran [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), бедро́ (bedró) [neuter] (Russian), fémur [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'segment of insect’s leg': 0 54 46

Inflected forms

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