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Noun loin has 2 senses

loin - a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
--₁ is a kind of area, region; cut, cut of meat; area, region; cut, cut of meat
--₁ has parts: mons, mons veneris, mons pubis

loin, lumbus - either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
--₂ is a kind of body part; body part; body part; body part
--₂ is a part of

torso, trunk, body; 1 of 2 senses of loin ; loin, lumbus; quadruped; homo, man, human being, human; loins; torso, trunk, body; 1 of 2 senses of loin ; loin, lumbus; quadruped; homo, man, human being, human

--₂ has parts: groin, inguen