حَمَاةٌ

Also The muscle (عَضَلَة) of the سَاق [which means the shank of a human being, and, properly speaking, the corresponding part (commonly called the thigh) of a horse and the like]: (S, K:) an elevated piece of flesh in the inner side of the ساق: (Lth:) As says, in the ساق of the horse are the حَمَاتَانِ, which are the two pieces of flesh that are in the side of the ساق, appearing like two sinews, in the outer side and the inner side: (S, TA:) or, according to ISh, they are the two elevated pieces of flesh in the half of each ساق, in the outer side: or, according to ISd, the two compact pieces of flesh in the upper portion of the outer side of each ساق: (TA:) plural حَمَوَاتٌ. (S, K.)