intercrural
/ɪntɚˈkɹuɹəl/adjective
intercrural is an adjective meaning “Taking place or located between the legs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-R-U-R-A-L, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does intercrural mean?
adjective
- 1
Taking place or located between the legs.
Intercrural intercourse is frequently seen on ancient Greek ceramics.
- 2
Applied to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce intercrural?
- UK /ɪntəˈkɹʊəɹəl/
- US /ɪntɚˈkɹuɹəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is intercrural?
Intercrural appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does intercrural come from?
From inter- + crural.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).