What does suffraginous mean?
Suffraginous means (obsolete, nonce word) Of or relating to the hock of an animal..
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/səˈfɹæd͡ʒɪnəs/ · adjective
(obsolete, nonce word) Of or relating to the hock of an animal..
The different flexure and order of the joints might also countenance the same, being not disposed in the Elephant, as they are in other quadrupedes, but carry a nearer conformity unto those of Man; that is, the bought of the fore-legs, not directly backward, but laterally and somewhat inward; but the hough or suffraginous flexure behind rather outward.
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Suffraginous means (obsolete, nonce word) Of or relating to the hock of an animal..
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The different flexure and order of the joints might also countenance the same, being not disposed in the Elephant, as they are in other quadrupedes, but carry a nearer conformity unto those of Man; that is, the bought of the fore-legs, not directly backward, but laterally and somewhat inward; but the hough or suffraginous flexure behind rather outward.
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