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DRUMSTICK
drumstick
(noun) a stick used for playing a drum
drumstick
(noun) the lower joint of the leg of a fowl
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
drumstick (plural drumsticks)
A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.]
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. [from 17th c.]
(India) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods. [from 19th c.]
Synonyms
• (chicken): chicken leg
Coordinate terms
• (chicken): chicken thigh, thigh
Source: Wiktionary
Drum"stick`, n.
1. A stick with which a drum is beaten.
2. Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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