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thigh

[thahy] / θaɪ /
NOUN
leg part
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“The time has come to get with the dark-meat program. The boneless thigh may be the most perfect piece of meat or poultry imaginable.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

"The melanoma patient had dozens of metastatic tumors on her leg and foot, and we injected just one tumor up on her thigh," Ravetch says.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

Chicken cutlet starts with either a boneless chicken thigh or a boneless chicken breast that’s covered with cling wrap and pounded to even thickness.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

Jalibert, who was handed his chance because of injury to Romain Ntamack, also missed France's three November Tests last year due to a muscle injury in his left thigh.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

The striped cat rubbed along his thigh, covering his uniform pants with fur.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby