haunch

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

haunch
    n 1: the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
    2: the loin and leg of a quadruped

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Haunch \Haunch\ (h[aum]nch; 277), n. [F. hanche, of German
   origin; cf. OD. hancke, hencke, and also OHG. ancha; prob.
   not akin to E. ankle.]
   1. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the
      pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of
      venison.
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   {Haunch bone}. See {Innominate bone}, under {Innominate}.

   {Haunches of an arch} (Arch.), the parts on each side of the
      crown of an arch. (See {Crown}, n., 11.) Each haunch may
      be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half
      arch.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "haunch":
      bank, beam, border, broadside, cheek, chop, coast, flank, hand,
      handedness, hip, jowl, laterality, many-sidedness, multilaterality,
      planking, profile, quarter, shore, side, siding, temple,
      unilaterality