noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thēoh; akin to Old High German dioh thigh, Lithuanian taukai, plural, fat Date: before 12th century
1. the proximal segment of the vertebrate hind or lower limb extending from the hip to the knee, the segment of the leg immediately distal to the thigh in a bird or in a quadruped in which the true thigh is obscured, the femur of an insect, something resembling or covering a thigh, thighed adjective