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 Aidan Kehoe to All 
 Re: Crus, Crures (quod pectus, quod crur 
 11 Jun 24 10:49:49 
 
XPost: alt.language.latin, alt.usage.english
From: kehoea@parhasard.net

 Ar an naoiú lá de mí Meitheamh, scríobh HenHanna:

 > Crus, Crures ("leg") is Not related to Latin crusta (“shell”)
 >
 >            https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Crustacea  is not related
 >
 > Crus, Crures ("leg") is Not related to any word in English or French

“Crural” exists in anatomy jargon and is used by those who use anatomy
jargon.
It would not shock me if something similar were the case in French.

https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22crural%22

 >                 Someone mentioned the word for [bumpy] (?) in French.


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