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FORELIMB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("forelimb" is a kind of...):
limb (one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper)
Meronyms (parts of "forelimb"):
forepaw (front paw; analogous to the human hand)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forelimb"):
foreleg (the forelimb of a quadruped)