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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A broad, flat muscle of the calf of the leg, situated under the gastrocnemius, whose action is to flex the foot downward.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A broad flat muscle of the calf of the leg, situated immediately in front of (deeper than) the gastrocnemius.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun anatomy A broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin, from Latin solea, sandal; see sole.]

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