Leg has multiple meanings: For the limbs of animals that support them above the ground: in the case of the legs of humans, see Human leg; in the case of the legs of horses, see Equine leg; in the case of the legs of crabs, lobsters, and their close relatives, see Crustacean leg; as to common attributes shared by the legs of many types of animals (and limited discussions of various animal legs not mentioned above), see Leg (anatomy). In terms of a human, to leg it, i

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Leggings, Leggings - History, Leggings - Military leggings, Leggings - Modern Leggings

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Leg drop - Discus leg drop. The wrestler spins 360° while they jump and land their leg across an opponent's chest, throat or face. Notable users include: Rob Van Dam, Rosey (Revolving Leg Drop) Leg drop - Leg drop bulldog. A move which involves the attacker placing the back an opponent's head, who is leaning forward, under the his leg, then dropping his leg and the opponent's head down to the mat. A version of this move was first made popular by Shawn Michaels an ...

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Leg drop, Leg drop - Variations, Leg drop - Discus leg drop, Leg drop - Leg drop bulldog, Leg drop - Guillotine leg drop, Leg drop - Somersault leg drop

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"Break a leg" is a well-known saying in theatre which means "good luck". It is typically said to actors before they go out onto the stage to perform. It is a theatre superstition that the phrase "good luck" is actually bad, so "break a leg" is preferred in this situation. The expression may also be used outside the theatre, in everyday use, to mean "good luck". Break a leg - Origins of the term. The origins of the term are hotly debated, and its true origin is unknown. Breaking one's leg is c ...

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• Break a leg - Origins of the term
• Break a leg - Alternate terms

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The Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) is a large gull. The taxonomy of the Herring Gull/Lesser Black-backed Gull complex is very complicated. This group has a ring distribution around the northern hemisphere. Differences between adjacent forms in this ring are fairly small, but by the time the circuit is completed, the end members, Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull, are clearly different species. However, different a ...

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Desktop yoga exercises that will help improve flexibility and blood circulation of the legs muscles.

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Pholcus Smeringopus Spermaphora The Daddy long-legs spider, also called the Granddaddy long-legs spider, cellar spider, vibrating spider, or house spider, is a true spider and not a harvestman. Daddy longlegs is a name that is used for several unrelated arthropods with extremely long and thin legs, including these spiders, the harvestmen and tipulid crane flies. The Daddy long-legs spiders comprise the Pholcidae family, in the suborder Araneomorphae. The name "Daddy long-legs spider" has recently been accepted as ...

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• Daddy long-legs spider - Appearance
• Daddy long-legs spider - Habitat
• Daddy long-legs spider - Misconceptions

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Muscle is a contractile form of tissue. It is one of the four major tissue types, the other three being epithelium, connective tissue and nervous tissue. Muscle contraction is used to move parts of the body, as well as to move substances within the body. Muscle - Types. There are three general types of muscle: Cardiac muscle is a specialized kind of muscle found only within the heart. It cannot get tired and is "involuntary". Skeletal muscle or "voluntary muscle" is anchored by tendons ...

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• Muscle - Types
• Muscle - Anatomy
• Muscle - Physiology
• Muscle - Nervous control
• Muscle - Efferent leg
• Muscle - Afferent leg
• Muscle - Role in health and disease
• Muscle - Exercise
• Muscle - Disease
• Muscle - The strongest human muscle
• Muscle - Efficiency
• Muscle - Muscle evolution

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The avian (bird) skeleton is highly adapted to these animals' capacity for flight. It is extremely lightweight, but strong enough to withstand the stresses that a bird experiences when taking off, flying and landing. One of the adaptions that make this possible is the fusing of bones that are separate in mammals into single ossifications, such as the pygostyle. Because of this, birds usually have ...

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• Bird skeleton - Skull
• Bird skeleton - Neck Back and Tail
• Bird skeleton - Chest
• Bird skeleton - Wings
• Bird skeleton - Hips
• Bird skeleton - Legs

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Ixodidae - Hard ticks Argasidae - Soft ticks Tick is the common name for the small wingless arachnids that, along with mites, constitute the order Acarina. Ticks are ectoparasites (external parasites), living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals, birds, and occasionally reptiles and amphibians. Ticks are an important vector of a number of human and animal diseases. Tick - Characteristics. The major families of tick include the Ixodidae or hard ticks, which have thi ...

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• Tick - Characteristics
• Tick - Ticks as disease vectors
• Tick - Location
• Tick - Facts
• Tick - Life cycle
• Tick - Deer black-legged tick

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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Arabic: أبومصعب الزرقاوي) (born October 20, 1966) is a Jordanian-born Wahhabi Islamist militant, guerrilla leader, and the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Zarqawi has allegedly confessed, on multiple audiotapes, to having committed numerous acts of violence in Iraq, including killing civilians and taking hostages. He is additionally suspected of many more acts of violence, including the beheading of hostages in Iraq. Due to his current role in the Iraqi insurgency and ...

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• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Background
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Terrorist activities
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Assassination of Laurence Foley
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Nicholas Berg
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Other incidents
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Credibility questions
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Reported missing leg/death
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Missing leg
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Claims of death
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Reportedly captured and released

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Main article: Bodyline In 1930, England captain Douglas Jardine, together with Nottinghamshire's captain Arthur Carr and his bowlers Harold Larwood and Bill Voce, developed a variant of leg theory in which the bowlers bowled fast, short-pitched balls that would rise into the batsman's body, together with a heavily stacked ring of close fielders on the leg side. The idea was that when the batsman defended against the ball, he would be likely ...

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Leg theory, Leg theory - Fast leg theory

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Shaving is the practice of removing body hair using a razor. Shaving is a common method of depilation, and is most commonly used by men to remove their facial hair and sometimes chest hair or pubic hair, and by women to remove their leg hair, underarm (armpit) hair or other bodily hair. Women and men may also shave the hair off of the top of their heads, or at least parts of it. Shaving the head can be considered a maximum haircut. Shaving - History. Before the advent of razors, some humans removed h ...

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• Shaving - History
• Shaving - Shaving methods
• Shaving - Shaving aids
• Shaving - Side effects of shaving
• Shaving - Aftershave
• Shaving - Cuts

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His first real commercial exposure was as a street dancer in the movie Flashdance, however he has appeared in many movies including Beat Street, Wild Style, and Style Wars just to mention a few. He appeared in many television programs and music videos and in many magazines and newspapers including National Geographic, The New York Times, The Village Voice, Life Magazine and Time Magazine. Crazy Legs has also appeared in television commercials for major corporations including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Verizon Wireless, Sean John, Avirex, and ...

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Crazy Legs, Crazy Legs - Career, Crazy Legs - Rock Steady Anniversary parties, Crazy Legs - Awards

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Certain male bicyclists shave their legs often. This is usually ostensibly done because road rash heals faster without the presence of leg hair (and is easier to clean). Aesthetics, fitting in with their cycling peers, and "feeling faster" (without the feel of wind resistance on body hair) are other common reasons. Swimmers shave their legs to reduce friction in the water. It is also practiced by some male models, since it tends to show off muscle better. Many average men also shave their legs, although this is somewhat uncommon. There is also a social stigma that a man shaving his legs could be suspected to ...

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Leg shaving, Leg shaving - For men, Leg shaving - For women

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For women, the practice of shaving the legs derives from a current cultural standard in the West that deems leg hair on women unattractive. This standard emerged during the twentieth century, at a time when women's legs became more visible, and when the safety razor made the practice of leg shaving practical. The reasons for this cultural standard are debated, but this is sometimes seen as an example of a cultural mechanism for increasing sexual dimorphism. Others have suggested that it was promoted as a means of selling raz ...

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Leg shaving, Leg shaving - For men, Leg shaving - For women

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The origins of the term are hotly debated, and its true origin is unknown. Breaking one's leg is certainly not a good thing to hope for - therefore perhaps by some superstition, if the "good luck" causes bad, then perhaps the perceived bad luck of breaking one's leg causes good. Other theories suggest that the words "break" or "leg" are not used in their literal sense. For example, some have suggested that "break" refers to the act of breaking out onto the stage, or that th ...

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Break a leg, Break a leg - Origins of the term, Break a leg - Alternate terms

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This dish is in the English-speaking world traditionally associated with French cuisine, and a favourite English derogatory nickname for the French is the Frogs. Despite this cliché, frog legs are not a particularly common dish in France. Only the upper joint of the hind leg is served, which has a single bone similar to the upper joint of a chicken or turkey wing. They are commonly prepared by frying or deep-frying, sometimes crumbed and sometimes uncrumbed. The flavour and tex ...

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Frog legs, Frog legs - French cuisine, Frog legs - Chinese cuisine, Frog legs - Midwest USA cuisine

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In Chinese cuisine, they are more affectionately called "field chicken" (Chinese: 田雞; Hanyu Pinyin: tiánjī). They are usually stir fried and mixed with other light spices, and eaten off the bone. They are also made into congee, which is a famous dish in Cantonese cusine. Like their French counterparts, frog legs are not commonly found in restaurant menus, properly for their unstable ...

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In Chinese cuisine, they are more affectionately called "field chicken" (Chinese: 田雞; Pinyin: tiánjī). They are usually stir fried and mixed with other light spices, and eaten off the bone. They are also made into congee, which is a famous dish in Cantonese cusine. Like their French counterparts, frog legs are not commonly found in restaurant menus, properly for their unstable ...

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Frog legs, Frog legs - French cuisine, Frog legs - Chinese cuisine, Frog legs - Midwest USA cuisine

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