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merus¹

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

noun meri

  1. obsolete, rare The thigh.
  2. The meropodite; the first segment of the raptorial appendage of a crustacean.
  3. The plane surface between the channels of a triglyph.

MERUs²

noun

  1. plural plural of MERU

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@misc{merus_2026,
  title = {merus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/merus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}