merus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μηρός (mērós, “thigh”).

Noun

merus (plural meri)

1. (rare, obsolete) The thigh. [18th–19th c.]
2. (zoology) The meropodite; the first segment of the raptorial appendage of a crustacean. [from 19th c.]
3. (architecture) The plane surface between the channels of a triglyph. [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• meral

Anagrams

• semur, resum, Reums, serum, Mureș, Remus, muser, Muser, murse, mures, Sumer, Esrum