intercruraladj.
/ɪntəˈkrʊərəl/ Anatomy.
Situated between the crura, legs, or limbs, of the body, or of some part of it: see crus n. 2.
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1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xviii. 148 It is my inter~crural Pudding.
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 673/1 The depression..which separates them, is the intercrural..space.
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. II. 739 Inter~crural membrane mostly small or none.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 415 Intercrural cartilages which are placed intervertebrally.
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