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Abdomen
noun · 78% connection
The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Amble
noun · 78% connection
A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other sid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Ballotade
verb · 78% connection
A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Bell crank
unknown · 78% connection
A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Belly
noun · 78% connection
The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Calamistrum
noun · 78% connection
A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Canon bone
unknown · 78% connection
The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Capriole
verb · 78% connection
A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Curvet
noun · 78% connection
A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Dermoptera
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Digastric
adjective · 78% connection
Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the mus…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Dinosauria
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike chara…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Flea-beetle
noun · 78% connection
A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Flying squirrel
unknown · 78% connection
One of a group of squirrels, of the genera Pteromus and Sciuropterus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Giraffe
noun · 78% connection
An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Hallux
noun · 78% connection
The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Hare
noun · 78% connection
A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
Hind
adjective · 78% connection
In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which lead…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: leap, horse, pulls, hind, legs.
