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| haunch [ hawnch ] (plural haunch·es) |
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1. hip, buttock, and upper thigh: the part of the body comprising the hip, buttock, and upper thigh
  She sat back on her haunches.
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2. animal leg: one of the back legs of a four-legged animal, either when it is alive, or as a cut of meat
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3. architecture upper part of arch: the upper curving part of each side of an arch
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| [12th century. < French hanche< Germanic] |
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