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A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
Answer for the clue "A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint ", 7 letters:
kneepan
Word definitions for kneepan in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint [syn: patella , kneecap ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kneepan \Knee"pan`\, n. (Anat.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The kneecap; the patella.
Usage examples of kneepan.
Yours be the glory to discover, by personal experience, how long the kneepan can resist the terrible strapping down which you impose, in how short time the well-developed muscles of the throat can be reduced to mere threads by the constant pressure of the stock, how high the heel of a boot must be to make a short man tall, and how tight the Russian belt may be drawn and yet have wind enough left to sustain life.