Quadriceps

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quadriceps
       n : a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg [syn: {quadriceps
           femoris}, {musculus quadriceps femoris}, {quad}]