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trochanter

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trochanter /trəˈkantə/

▶noun

1 Anatomy any of a number of bony protuberances by which muscles are attached to the upper part of the thigh bone.

2 Entomology the small second segment of the leg of an insect, between the coxa and the femur.

– origin C17: from Fr., from Gk trokhantēr, from trekhein ‘to run’.

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