thigh (thi)

[ rule, as the thigh of the camel and elephant. Many rep tiles and batrachians have extensive thighs well marked from the trunk, as ordinary lizards, frogs, newts, etc. No thigh is recognized as such in fishes. See cuts under mив clel and Plant i grad a. Like the bee,... Our thighs pack'd with wax, our mouths with honey. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 5. 77. body. (b); the crus; 2. In ornith.: (a) The flank, or the feathers overlying this region of the body, body, corresponding to the thigh proper, which is deeply buried in the common integument of the bod Loosely, the next joint of the leg; the drumstick: especially said when the feathers of this part are conspicuous in length or in color, as the "flag" of a hawk.-3. In en tom., the third joint or segment of any one of the six or eight legs of a true insect, or of an arachnidan; the femur, between the trochanter and the tibia or shank. In some insects, as gra hoppers, locusts, crickets, and such saltatorial forms, the thigh is much enlarged, and forms with the tibia a letter A, reaching high above the body; such thighs are technically called incra ate femora. The three pairs of thighs of a six-legged insect are distinguished as anterior, middle, and posterior. See cut under coxa. 4t. The lower and larger part of the stalk of a plant; the stock or trunk. The vyne hie and of fecund i tee In brannches VIII ynough is to dilate, Aboute his thegh lette noo thing growing be. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 70. thight, v. t. [ME. thyen ; thigh , n.] To carve (a pigeon or other small bird). Thye all maner of small byrdes. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 265. thigh-bone (thi'bon), n. The single bone of the thigh of any vertebrate; the femur (which see for description). In man it is the longest and largest bone of the body. See cuts under digitigrade , fe mur , and the various names of mammals, birds, etc., cited under the word skeleton.