Plural of femur
regular plural
The plural of femur is femurs or femora.
Forms of femur
| Singular | femur /ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | femurs femora |
| Countable | countable |
Femurs and femora in a sentence
- Bones available for purchase range from loose femurs to articulated spines to fetal skulls and beyond.2021 October 10, Caroline Anders, “A TikTok bone salesman’s wall of spines reignites ethical debate over selling human remains”, in The…. From the entry exploded skull
- In all present femora, sediment and other bones obscure the caudodistal part.2015 October 15, “Perinatal Specimens of Saurolophus angustirostris (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia”…. From the entry caudodistal
- Legs flavescent, femora with coarse, coalescing round, castaneous spots, some forming anteapical annulus, tibiae with vague, irregularly scattered castaneous dashes; tarsi light castaneous.1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of…. From the entry anteapical
- The lower extremities demonstrated rare abrasions and contusions as well as severe lacerations of the anteromedial knees with underlying fractures of the distal aspects of the femora (Image 4).2016 March, Amanda M McLemore et al., “Suicide by Bomb, with Decapitation”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name). From the entry rare
- In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids).2005, Norman F. Johnson, Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 531. From the entry aphelinid
Meaning of femur
- noun A thighbone.
- noun The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia.
- noun A segment of the leg of an arachnid.
Questions about the plural of femur
- What is the plural of femur?
- The plural of femur is femurs or femora.
- Which is correct, femurs or femora?
- Both are used. femurs is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is femur countable?
- Femur is a countable noun.
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