forelimb
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of forelimb
Example Sentences
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Older mice without EP2 also performed like younger animals on tests of speed, balance and forelimb grip strength.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
The loss of flight — which plays out at the phenotype level in changes in the forelimb, for example — thus resulted from way more than a single change in the genome.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2024
Since 2016, he had some discomfort and lameness in his right forelimb, zoo officials said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022
Initially, study co-author Becky Barnes, paleontologist and lab manager at the North Dakota Geological Survey, flagged potential bite marks on the specimen’s tail, and Householder found more on the “pinky finger” of the right forelimb.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 14, 2022
The left forelimb is the only one present and appears to be nearly complete, although the elements are scattered almost at random.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton
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