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A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

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  1. n. A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.
  2. n. any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)
  3. A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.
  4. A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularlyto a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.
  5. n:100 n. any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)