MUSCULUS BICEPS FEMORIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musculus biceps femoris mean? 

• MUSCULUS BICEPS FEMORIS (noun)
  The noun MUSCULUS BICEPS FEMORIS has 1 sense:

1. the biceps muscle of the thigh; it flexes the knee and rotates the leg laterally

  Familiarity information: MUSCULUS BICEPS FEMORIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCULUS BICEPS FEMORIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The biceps muscle of the thigh; it flexes the knee and rotates the leg laterally

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

femoral biceps; musculus biceps femoris

Hypernyms ("musculus biceps femoris" is a kind of...):

biceps (any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm))

Holonyms ("musculus biceps femoris" is a part of...):

thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)