FOREPAW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Front paw; analogous to the human hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("forepaw" is a kind of...):

paw (a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forepaw"):

hand (terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos))

Holonyms ("forepaw" is a part of...):

forelimb (the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing))

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