GENU

knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu

(noun) hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

genu (plural genua)

(anatomy, zoology) knee

A knee-like bend.

Anagrams

• Egun

Source: Wiktionary


Ge"nu, n.; pl. Genua. Etym: [L., the knee.] (Anat.) (a) The knee. (b) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

26 January 2025

NEGLECT

(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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