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Definition of: haunch
(hônch, hänch) noun
1. The fleshy part of the hip and buttock; the hip or a hind-quarter: a haunch of venison.
2. Archit. The part of an arch on either side of its crown: also spelled hanch. [<OF hanche <Gmc.]
—haunched adjective
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