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haunch bone

noun

  1. the ilium or hipbone.


haunch bone

noun

  1. a nontechnical name for the ilium hipbone


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Word History and Origins

Origin of haunch bone1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Example Sentences

The ileum terminates near the right haunch-bone, by a valvular opening into the colon at an obtuse angle.

The ascending colon passes upward from the right haunch-bone to the under surface of the liver.

At the left side, it turns, and descends to the left haunch-bone, and is called the descending colon.

Phao heard his teeth crack on a haunch-bone and grunted approvingly.

I gave a portion of it to each of the Fenian chiefs, and there remained none for my own share but a haunch bone.

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