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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

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PRONUNCIATION:	hp
NOUN:	1a. The laterally projecting prominence of the pelvis or pelvic region from the waist to the thigh. b. A homologous posterior part in quadrupeds. c. The hip joint. 2. Architecture The external angle formed by the meeting of two adjacent sloping sides of a roof.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English, from Old English hype.


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