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forelimb
Alternative clues for the word forelimb
Word definitions for forelimb in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the front limb (or homologous structure in other animals such as a flipper or wing)
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The anterior limb (or equivalent appendage) of an animal
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A forelimb is an anterior limb (arm, leg, or similar appendage) on a terrestrial vertebrate 's body. For quadrupeds , the term foreleg is often used instead. (A forearm however is the part of the arm or forelimb between the elbow and the wrist .) All vertebrate ...
Usage examples of forelimb.
The weight of the armored soldiers pushed the Archai back, but the twin forelimbs and suicidal tenacity of the insect warriors made them terrible opponents in a close-quarter fight like this one.
And since brachiation will be made all but mandatory by your new, stooped posture and lengthened forelimbs, this may be viewed as something of a hidden blessing.
The end was chipped square as neatly as a skilled man could have done with a broadaxe and unlimited time, but Sharina had seen the Archai use no tools save their own forelimbs.
Its forelimbs were powerful with dagger-curved claws, and now that it was wounded Pouncer could smell the tangy metallic pungency of its blood.
His hands immediately became active, as did the multiple forelimbs of the lepidopteran monster.
One searcher thought she was caught by a trap when she squeezed a mostly used tube of adhesive and it stuck the phalanges of a forelimb together.
The godking gestured with its skewer, and several of the purple-plumes cast aside their staves, rushing Tai-shan with forelimbs outstretched to catch his tethers.
Shellabarger turned halfway like a bullfighter tempting a charge and the venator swiveled with blinding speed, driving up against the cage, cramming the side of his head against the bars and pushing his forelimbs between, clawed dactyls spread.
It flailed its forelimbs wildly as it tried to strike at Chainer, and it accidentally knocked the officer into the bird.
Her two forelimbs stretched out to pull herself along and to steer, while her six secondary limbs trailed out behind her.
Her offensive charge surprised her attacker, and Llawan wrapped her forelimbs around his soft cephalid skull.
Their saw-edged forelimbs were raised like those of a preying mantis about to pounce.
The Archa poised like a bird of prey on the lip of its tomb, then launched itself toward the procurator with its forelimbs spread to slash.
Though the demons were bipedal, their forelimbs ended in clawed paws rather than human hands.
Its legs were short but the arms were as grotesquely long as the forelimbs of a crab spider.