midleg
English
editEtymology
editFrom mid- + leg or mid + leg.
Adjective
editmidleg (not comparable)
- In the middle of the leg.
Noun
editmidleg (plural midlegs)
- The middle of the leg.
- 2003, Anatomic Exposures in Vascular Surgery, →ISBN, page 508:
- The following discussion considers exposure of the artery in the midleg, distal leg, and foot.
- (zoology) Any of the legs located between the forelegs and back legs.
- in this species, the midlegs are brighter than the forelegs and hindlegs