Definitions for crus

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crus crus

Spelling: [kruhs, kroos]

IPA: /krʌs, krus/

Crus is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in crus (crsu).

Definitions for crus

noun

1. the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
2. a limb or process, as of a bone or other structure.
3. any of various parts likened to a leg or to a pair of legs.
4. (in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)

Origin of crus

1680-90; Latin: leg, shank

Examples for crus

This second bone is the leg proper, called in scientific language the crus.

This is divisible into three portions, the thigh, the crus or shin, and the pes.

From this reception area the transverse fibres of the pons originate and enter the crus.

The Vertus growths rank among the second-class Champagne crus.

The optic tract, which crosses the crus, may also be affected, and hemianopia result.

Et nous disions: Il faut bien qu'ils soient faux, puisque le vulgaire les a crus.

Then the ventral surfaces of the antibrachium and crus come to look inwards, and their dorsal surfaces to look outwards.

This is as usual divisible into three portions, the thigh, the crus or shin, and the pes.

His own vines include only those fine varieties to which the crus of the Marne owe their great renown.

The crus or shin includes two short bones, the tibia and fibula, which are nearly equal in length.