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femur

[fee-mer] / ˈfi mər /
NOUN
thigh
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In his office, where his mayor's chain is displayed alongside a polar bear femur, Terje Aunevik echoed that sentiment.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

"Mum tried to get to the bathroom in the night, slipped on water from a leak the hotel had already been told about, and fell. We later learned she'd broken her femur."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

An MRI eventually revealed that the top of his femur, or thigh bone, was near fracture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Evidence includes a hominin femur marked by clear signs of gnawing.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026

The children watch engineers use pulleys to lift a fossilized dinosaur femur.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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