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Thigh bone

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(Anat.) the femur.

See also: Thigh



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"Sir," replied the wounded man, "believe me, there is no time to lose; the ball has broken the thigh bone and entered the intestines.
As they were eating the inward meats {25} and burning the thigh bones [on the embers] in the name of Neptune, Telemachus and his crew arrived, furled their sails, brought their ship to anchor, and went ashore.
Came not in flame, and from the thigh bones dripped
 
 
 
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