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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg;
[syn: quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, quad]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quadriceps \Quad"ri*ceps\, n. [NL., fr. L. qyattuor four + caput
   head.] (Anat.)
   The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into
   four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.
   [1913 Webster]