Definitions
the loin and leg of a quadruped
Used in a sentence
“And the rabbit from his path-way Leaped aside, and at a distance Sat erect upon his haunches.”
“While Heracles, - the thews and cordage of his thighs Straitened and strained beyond the utmost stretch From quivering heel to haunch like sweating hawsers.”
“The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Hip and upper thigh”6 letters
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