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Croup

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rumpnounThe buttocks.
hindquartersnounthe part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks
croupenounAlternative form of croup. [The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.]
spasmodic laryngitisnouna disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing

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WordDefinition
rumpnounThe buttocks.
croupenounAlternative form of croup. [The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.]
hindquartersnounthe part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks
spasmodic laryngitisnouna disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
groupnounA number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
cruppernounA strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
croupadenounA leap in which the horse pulls its hind legs up towards the belly.
hog rumpnoun(archaic) The rump of a horse as fat as that of pig and considered for barbecuing etc.
natchnounThe rump of beef, especially the lower and back part of the rump.
curbnoun(figurative) Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
ridgenounAny extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
curplenoun(transferred) The buttocks, the posterior.
rucknounA throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
rump covernounSynonym of picanha (“cut of beef”).
cockhorsenoun(archaic) A child's rocking horse.
rumpsteaknounDated form of rump steak. [Beef from the backside of a cow.]
roundnounA circular or spherical object or part of an object.
humpnounA mound of earth.
swaybacknounAn excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse.
cropnoun(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

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