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limpkin (medicine) and intertrochanteric line (medicine)


limpkin (medicine)


limpkin
<ornithology> Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails.

The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. Giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the Other (A. Scolopaceus) is found in South America.

Synonym: courlan, and crying bird.


intertrochanteric line (medicine)


intertrochanteric line


A rough line that separates the neck and shaft of the femur anteriorly; it passes downward and medially from the greater trochanter to the lesser trochanter and continues into the medial lip of the linea aspera.

Synonym: linea intertrochanterica, linea spiralis, spiral line.