The femora of all the legs are striped lengthwise with brown and yellow.
The palpi (fig. 206) have the femora black and the patella white.
The legs have dark rings on the ends and middle of the femora and tibiæ.
The distance between the heads of the two humeri is practically the same as the distance between the femora.
Guinea-pigs which were thus treated showed no microscopic signs of scurvy in any of the ribs, in the tibi or the femora.
Abdomen ochraceous, black at the tip; femora testaceous at the base; halteres testaceous.
Vertex luteous, black hindward; femora with testaceous tips; bands of the wings partly connected.
The cephalothorax is dark brown or black, as are also the femora of all the legs and of the palpi.
The cephalothorax, abdomen, and femora of all the legs are bright orange color, with brilliant yellow and green reflections.
The front legs are orange brown, with the femora darker on the front and rear edges.
1560s, from Latin femur "thigh," of unknown origin; borrowed first as an architectural term, 1799 as "thighbone."
femur fe·mur (fē'mər)
n. pl. fe·murs or fem·o·ra (fěm'ər-ə)
See thigh.
The long bone of the thigh, and the longest and strongest bone in the human body, situated between the pelvis and the knee and articulating with the hipbone and with the tibia and patella. Also called thighbone.
| femur The long bone of the thigh or of the upper portion of the hind leg. See more at skeleton. |
