Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crus \Crus\ (kr?s), n.; pl. {Crura} (kr?"r?). [L., the leg.]
(Anat.)
(a) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh,
and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.
(b) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which
are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of
the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura
cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the
brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crus
n : the leg from the knee to foot
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