Legs short, rather slender; fore femora somewhat setose beneath. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Femorate - us: with abnormal or unusually developed femora or thighs. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The wasps, with large femora, I observe build their mud nests in houses. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Black, with the scale of the petiole, thorax, coxæ, and femora blood-red. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Abdomen ochraceous, black at the tip; femora testaceous at the base; halteres testaceous. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
P. inferior, the lower surface: in Orthoptera, the external flattened surface of the caudal femora. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Pagiopodous: those Heteroptera which have the coxae of the hind legs hinged and the femora grooved. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Epomiae: the elevated margin of an oblique furrow in the propleurae for the reception of the front femora; Hymenoptera. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Mouth and antennæ testaceous; abdomen, hind femora at the tips, and fore tibiæ piceous, anterior tarsi ferruginous; wings dark grey, veins black. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Thorax æneous black; pectus cinereous; tarsi, femora at the base, and fore legs, pale testaceous; wings limpid; costa at the base and veins black. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Thorax rugose-striate, the anterior lateral angles dentate, the metathorax without spines; the femora thickly incrassate and greatly attenuated at their base. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Thorax: the anterior margin slightly rounded with the lateral angles very acute; the femora very thickly incrassate in the middle; the apex of the tibiæ ferruginous. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Ferruginous, entirely smooth and shining; the thorax, legs, and abdomen more or less obscure, the femora being usually rufo-piceous; the mandibles striated with their margins black. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
On each side of it are the channels, to be cut in to fit the tip of a carpenter's square, and in succession the other femora, one at the right and the other at the left of a channel. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The meat-bearing parts of the fore - and hind legs (represented by scapulae, humeri, radii, ulnae, pelves, femora and tibiae) and the axial skeleton (vertebrae and ribs) were less frequently present. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Subsistence Studies Report 2] Reference
Head and antennæ black, arista plumose; thorax with two slender, darker, almost obsolete stripes; hind borders of the abdominal segments black; legs piceous, femora black, coxæ tawny; wings grey, with. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
(E) Three-point bending assays reveal reduced biomechanical competence of transgenic femora. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
I made the doctor set it immediately; but the femora having been broken very near the socket, it was found difficult to bandage the limb so as to keep the bone in its place. From Wordnik.com. [Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2] Reference
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