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Quadriceps

//ˈkwɑːd.ɹəˌsɛps// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
  2. 2
    a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- + -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).

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