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Noun

S: (n) shin (shin%1:08:01::) (the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) body part (body_part%1:08:00::) (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

S: (n) saddle (saddle%1:05:00::) (posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl)
S: (n) underpart (underpart%1:05:00::) (a part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body) "the warbler has a white throat and underparts"; "a woodland mouse with white underparts"
S: (n) horseback (horseback%1:05:00::) (the back of a horse)
S: (n) dock (dock%1:05:00::) (the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair)
S: (n) ambulacrum (ambulacrum%1:05:00::) (one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located)
S: (n) withers (withers%1:05:00::) (the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals)
S: (n) cannon (cannon%1:05:00::), shank (shank%1:05:00::) (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)
S: (n) loin (loin%1:05:00::), lumbus (lumbus%1:05:00::) (either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds)
S: (n) hindquarters (hindquarters%1:05:00::), croup (croup%1:05:00::), croupe (croupe%1:05:00::), rump (rump%1:05:00::) (the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks)
S: (n) gaskin (gaskin%1:05:00::) (lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle)
S: (n) flank (flank%1:05:00::) (the side between ribs and hipbone)
S: (n) thorax (thorax%1:05:01::) (part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs)
S: (n) apparatus (apparatus%1:08:00::) ((anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function) "the breathing apparatus"
S: (n) adnexa (adnexa%1:08:00::), annexa (annexa%1:08:00::) (accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo)) "Fallopian tubes and ovaries are adnexa of the uterus"
S: (n) area (area%1:08:00::), region (region%1:08:00::) (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve) "in the abdominal region"
S: (n) dilator (dilator%1:08:00::) (a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part)
S: (n) groove (groove%1:08:00::), vallecula (vallecula%1:08:00::) ((anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part)
S: (n) partition (partition%1:08:00::) ((anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism)
S: (n) external body part (external_body_part%1:08:00::) (any body part visible externally)
S: (n) structure (structure%1:08:00::), anatomical structure (anatomical_structure%1:08:00::), complex body part (complex_body_part%1:08:00::), bodily structure (bodily_structure%1:08:00::), body structure (body_structure%1:08:00::) (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement) "he has good bone structure"
S: (n) fornix (fornix%1:08:01::) (generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space))
S: (n) system (system%1:08:00::) (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts) "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
S: (n) ampulla (ampulla%1:08:00::) (the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear)
S: (n) tissue (tissue%1:08:00::) (part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function)
S: (n) mentum (mentum%1:08:00::) (a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin)
S: (n) organ (organ%1:08:00::) (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)
S: (n) venter (venter%1:08:01::) (a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle))
S: (n) energid (energid%1:08:00::), protoplast (protoplast%1:08:00::) (a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts)
S: (n) process (process%1:08:00::), outgrowth (outgrowth%1:08:00::), appendage (appendage%1:08:01::) (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant) "a bony process"
S: (n) lobe (lobe%1:08:00::) ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part) "ear lobe"
S: (n) rectum (rectum%1:08:00::) (the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus)
S: (n) shoulder (shoulder%1:08:00::) (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm)
S: (n) torso (torso%1:08:00::), trunk (trunk%1:08:00::), body (body%1:08:01::) (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs) "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
S: (n) thorax (thorax%1:08:01::), chest (chest%1:08:00::), pectus (pectus%1:08:00::) (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)
S: (n) thorax (thorax%1:08:02::) (the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen)
S: (n) hip (hip%1:08:00::) (either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh)
S: (n) haunch (haunch%1:08:01::) (the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings)
S: (n) abdomen (abdomen%1:08:00::), venter (venter%1:08:00::), stomach (stomach%1:08:01::), belly (belly%1:08:00::) (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)
S: (n) dorsum (dorsum%1:08:00::) (the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part)) "the dorsum of the foot"
S: (n) back (back%1:08:00::), dorsum (dorsum%1:08:01::) (the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine) "his back was nicely tanned"
S: (n) small (small%1:08:00::) (the slender part of the back)
S: (n) buttocks (buttocks%1:08:00::), nates (nates%1:08:00::), arse (arse%1:08:01::), butt (butt%1:08:00::), backside (backside%1:08:00::), bum (bum%1:08:00::), buns (buns%1:08:00::), can (can%1:08:00::), fundament (fundament%1:08:00::), hindquarters (hindquarters%1:08:00::), hind end (hind_end%1:08:00::), keister (keister%1:08:00::), posterior (posterior%1:08:00::), prat (prat%1:08:00::), rear (rear%1:08:00::), rear end (rear_end%1:08:00::), rump (rump%1:08:00::), stern (stern%1:08:00::), seat (seat%1:08:00::), tail (tail%1:08:01::), tail end (tail_end%1:08:00::), tooshie (tooshie%1:08:00::), tush (tush%1:08:00::), bottom (bottom%1:08:00::), behind (behind%1:08:00::), derriere (derriere%1:08:00::), fanny (fanny%1:08:00::), ass (ass%1:08:00::) (the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on) "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
S: (n) buttock (buttock%1:08:00::), cheek (cheek%1:08:01::) (either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump)
S: (n) stump (stump%1:08:00::) (the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed)
S: (n) shank (shank%1:08:00::) (the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle)
S: (n) shin (shin%1:08:01::) (the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle)
S: (n) toe (toe%1:08:02::) (forepart of a hoof)
S: (n) joint (joint%1:08:00::), articulation (articulation%1:08:00::), articulatio (articulatio%1:08:00::) ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))
S: (n) loins (loins%1:08:01::) (the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen)
S: (n) feature (feature%1:08:00::), lineament (lineament%1:08:00::) (the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin) "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular"
S: (n) rudiment (rudiment%1:08:00::) (the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life) "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"

part holonym

S: (n) leg (leg%1:08:01::) (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

S: (n) shin (shin%1:13:00::), shin bone (shin_bone%1:13:00::) (a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg)
S: (n) shin (shin%1:10:00::) (the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) tibia (tibia%1:08:00::), shinbone (shinbone%1:08:00::), shin bone (shin_bone%1:08:00::), shin (shin%1:08:00::) (the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
part holonym

S: (n) leg (leg%1:08:01::) (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

derivationally related form

Verb

S: (v) clamber (clamber%2:38:00::), scramble (scramble%2:38:01::), shin (shin%2:38:00::), shinny (shinny%2:38:00::), skin (skin%2:38:00::), struggle (struggle%2:38:00::), sputter (sputter%2:38:00::) (climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling)