Definition of "femur" []

• A bone of the leg situated between the pelvis and knee in humans. It is the largest and strongest bone in the body. (noun)
• A functionally similar bone in the leg or hind limb of a vertebrate animal. Also called thighbone. (noun)
• The thick, most muscular segment of the insect leg, situated between the trochanter and the tibia. (noun)

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• "Bisecting the main room is a floor-to-ceiling femur from a prison production of "King Kong" (bought secondhand) which stands against the wall."
• "The man suffered a shattered left femur from the gunshot, according to authorities."
• "A large incomplete rodent femur from a Quaternary cave deposit near Barahona, Puerto Rico, is established as the holotype of Tainotherium valei, a new extinct genus and species."