Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The ham, or back of the knee; the popliteal space.
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Examples
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It contains two articles about the efforts of indigenous poples in the Peruvian Amazon to organize themselves.
Global Voices in English » Peru: Indigenous Communities Continue Protests 2009
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When we speak of the union of the poples of Latin America and the Caribbean, we are speaking of the peoples of Latin America, the
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Popliteal (Lat. _poples_, _poplitis_, the ham, the back part of the knee).
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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Tribal Journey's is an annual event where indigenous poples of the Pacific Northwest Coast traveling in their sea-going canoes to a host nation.
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