leg bone
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2.7
- noun
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hueso de la pierna
- A leg bone of some kind, he thought.
- lower leg bone
Alright, so let's start by taking a look at our hip and leg bones.
- Alright, so let's start by taking a look at our hip and leg bones.
- All right, so let's start by taking a look at our hip and leg bones.
Examples
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Made from the leg bone of a rhinoceros.
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A woman sobs in the next room; there, spotlights direct the eye to display cases containing skulls in rows and leg bones in piles.
Academic text (2010) -
So why would a piece of his leg bone be in his mouth?
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The foot bone's connected to the leg bone.
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"It's the leg bone off somebody who got killed trying to get the treasure."
Fiction book (1999) -
The second skeleton was missing three major leg bones but was otherwise intact.
Academic text (2009) -
Out of a given number of adults engaging in aggressive physical activity, some will develop cracks in their foot and leg bones that will need medical attention.
Academic text (2007) -
As I examine the ends of the arm and leg bones of the skeleton, the fusion lines are clearly visible, indicating that this man was not quite a fully mature adult, between 18 and 21 years old when he died.
Academic text (2002) -
The upper and lower leg bones articulate together smoothly, and these in turn fit correctly with the two pelvic (hip) bones.
Academic text (2002) -
The upper leg bone is the largest bone in our skeleton.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase 'leg bone' is directly compositional: 'leg' (a limb) + 'bone' (skeletal tissue) denotes a bone located in the leg (e.g. femur, tibia). This is a literal, cross-linguistically common compound pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun leg bone is a plain, literal name: a bone that is part of the leg and supports the body. So, it means 'any bone in the leg', such as the thigh bone or the shin bone.