n :  a limb of an animal used esp. for supporting the body and for walking: as  a  :  either of the two lower human limbs that extend from the top of the thigh to the foot and esp. the part between the knee and the ankle  b  :  any of the rather generalized segmental appendages of an arthropod used in walking and crawling .
 
   
 
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