FLANK

• (noun) the side between ribs and hipbone

• (noun) a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg

• (noun) the side of military or naval formation

  "they attacked the enemy's right flank"

  synonyms : wing

• (noun) a subfigure consisting of a side of something

• (verb) be located at the sides of something or somebody

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