knee /ni/
1. hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
synset: knee, knee_joint, human_knee, articulatio_genus, genu
2. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
3. the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee
synset: knee
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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