withers (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *withers*:
NOUN	animal	withers	the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals

withers > pronunciation
Sounds	wih'dherz
Rhymes	acres ... years: 69 rhymes with erz...

English > *withers*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	The highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals.
Part of	deer, cervid	distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
	horse, Equus caballus	solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
	ox	An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos
	sheep	woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
Broader	body part	Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
Catalan	creu

HyperDic: withers