CROUPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does croupe mean? 

• CROUPE (noun)
  The noun CROUPE has 1 sense:

1. the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks

  Familiarity information: CROUPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROUPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

croup; croupe; hindquarters; rump

Hypernyms ("croupe" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "croupe"):

haunch (the loin and leg of a quadruped)

Holonyms ("croupe" is a part of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

quadruped (an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking)