haunchnoun
uk/hɔːntʃ/us/hɑːntʃ/[ C ] one of the back legs of an animal with four legs that is used for meat:
a haunch of venison
haunches [ plural ]
the top of a person's legs and their bottom:
She was sitting/squatting on her haunches.
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The leg
- Achilles tendon
- appendage
- appendicular
- crural
- cruris
- gastrocnemius
- gemellus
- hamstring
- leggy
- peroneal
- peroneus
- pes anserinus
- piriformis
- popliteal
- shank
- subsartorial
- subtalar
- surae
- sural
- talocalcaneal
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