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legbone

legbone noun: a bone in the leg.

Noun

legbone (plural legbones)

  1. A bone in the leg.
    • They looped ropes around the stiff legbones of the first cow and pulled her body toward the stoneboat, resting between spurts of hauling.1984, Lois Phillips Hudson, The Bones of Plenty, page 204

Forms of legbone

plurallegbones

Origin of legbone

From leg + bone.

Questions about legbone

What does legbone mean?
Legbone means a bone in the leg.
What part of speech is legbone?
Legbone is a noun.
What is the plural of legbone?
The plural of legbone is legbones.

Words near legbone in the dictionary

  1. legbands
  2. Legbar
  3. Legbars
  4. legbeard
  5. legbeards
  6. legbone
  7. legbones
  8. Legbourne
  9. legbreak
  10. legbreaker
  11. legbreakers

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