CRUS

crus

(noun) the leg from the knee to foot

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

crus (plural crura)

The shin (tibia and fibula)

A leglike part; shank

Etymology 2

Noun

crus

plural of cru

Anagrams

• RUCs, curs, rucs, scur

Noun

CRUs

plural of CRU

Anagrams

• RUCs, curs, rucs, scur

Source: Wiktionary


Crus (krs), n.; pl. Crura (kr. Etym: [L., the leg.] (Anat.) (a) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank. (b) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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