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HAUNCH

Dictionary entry overview: What does haunch mean?

• HAUNCH (noun)
The noun HAUNCH has 2 senses:

1. the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
2. the loin and leg of a quadruped

Familiarity information: HAUNCH used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HAUNCH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The loin and leg of a quadruped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

croup; croupe; hindquarters; rump (the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks)

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

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

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HAUNCH: related words searches

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