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Gastrocnemius

noun
1.
The muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot.  Synonym: gastrocnemius muscle.



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... have ever escaped out of the town, it is hard to say, if the dog had not taken it into his head that they were going to pull his master in pieces, and tackled them so sharply about the gastrocnemius muscle, that he gave them some business of their own to think of at last; and while they were rubbing their bitten calves, Tom and the dog ...
— The Water-Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby • Charles Kingsley


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