- plural of cru.
crus
Americannoun
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crura
plural
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the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
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a limb or process, as of a bone or other structure.
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any of various parts likened to a leg or to a pair of legs.
noun
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anatomy the leg, esp from the knee to the foot
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(usually plural) leglike parts or structures
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of crus
1680–90; < Latin: leg, shank
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Today Marion produces a wide range of wines, from “basic” Bourgogne to grand crus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
The wine list ranged from grand crus to top producers’ “basic” Bourgognes, at prices close to or below U.S. retail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
But the region’s top wines, called beaujolais crus, are worth exploring year round.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
At the top were the grand crus, the glorious few in which the distinctive character of the vineyards transcended all other categories.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
The pars media is the smallest of the three heads and lies on the medial surface of the crus.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.
A part of the brain formed by the union of the crura cerebri and cerebelli.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
Through the crura pass the splanchnic nerves, and in addition to these the left crus is pierced by the vena azygos minor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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
There are also special bundles of muscle fibers extending from the crura of the diaphragm and surrounding the esophagus, which contribute to tonic closure in the same way that a pinch-cock closes a rubber tube.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
The longitudinal fibres ascend from the medulla oblongata and leave the pons by emerging from its upper surface as fibres of the two crura cerebri.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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