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From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (shin, shinbone), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin +‎ bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen (shinbone), German Schienbein (shinbone), Danish skinneben (shin, shinbone), Swedish skenben (shinbone).

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shinbone (plural shinbones)

  1. (anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
  2. (zoology) A segment of an insect's leg.

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