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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 groin /ˈgrɔɪn/
 鼠蹊;穹窿;使成穹窿形

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 groin /ˈgrɔɪn/ 名詞
 腹股溝,鼠蹊

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 groin n.  The snout of a swine. [Obs.]
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Groin, v. i.  To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obs.]
    Bears that groined coatinually.   --Spenser.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Groin, n.
 1. Anat. The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.
 2. Arch. The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.
 3. Math. The surface formed by two such vaults.
 4. A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle. [Eng.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Groin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Groined p. pr.  & vb. n. Groining.] Arch. To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
 The hand that rounded Peter's dome,
 And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,
 Wrought in a sad sincerity.   --Emerson.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 groin
      n 1: the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh
           with the trunk together with the adjacent region and
           often including the external genitals [syn: inguen]
      2: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from
         shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
         [syn: breakwater, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall,
          jetty]
      v : build with groins; "The ceiling was groined"