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crura

British  
/ ˈkrʊərə /

noun

  1. the plural of crus

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Desine, Bopipias, redeuntes nocte videbis, Caudasque incolumes post sua crura ferent.

From Chenodia Or, the Classical Mother Goose by Bigelow, Jacob

The basal laminae thicken to form the crura cerebri.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

Post, ubi compositus tandem votique potitus Sedit humi; flet crura tuens nive candida lenta, Et vestem laceram, et venturas conjugis iras: Itque domum tendens duplices ad sidera palmas, Corda miser, desiderio perfixa galeri.

From Verses and Translations by Calverley, Charles Stuart

Interior of dorsal valve. c, c’, cardinal process; b’, b’, hinge-plate; s, dental sockets; l, loop; q, crura; a, a’, adductor impressions; c, accessory divaricator; b, peduncle muscles; ss, septum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

Pinguia crura luto, planta mox undique magna calcor, et in digito clavus mihi militis haeret.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.