legbone

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noun

A bone in the leg.

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Meanings

nounlegbone (plural legbones)

plural legbones

  1. A bone in the leg.

    They looped ropes around the stiff legbones of the first cow and pulled her body toward the stoneboat, resting between spurts of hauling.

    1984, Lois Phillips Hudson, The Bones of Plenty, page 204

Origin

From leg + bone.

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APA

legbone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legbone

MLA

“legbone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legbone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legbone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legbone.

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