forelimb

[fawr-lim, fohr-]

noun

1. a front limb of an animal.

forelimb

/ ˈfɔːˌlɪm /

noun

1. either of the front or anterior limbs of a four-limbed vertebrate: a foreleg, flipper, or wing

Word History and Origins

Origin of forelimb¹

First recorded in 1785–95; fore- + limb ¹

Example Sentences

The team found part of the dinosaur's skull, a complete vertebral column extending to the tail, and nearly intact forelimbs and hindlimbs, said CONICET.

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But "even though the forelimbs have already been eaten, the head is remarkably well preserved", he added.

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The carcass—containing the head, forelimbs, and front part of the animal—was discovered encased in a chunk of ice in 2020 near the Badyarikha River in northern Siberia, above the Arctic Circle.

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ATVs, dune buggies and other off-road vehicles can slam into the slow-moving tortoises with domed shells and heavily scaled, flattened forelimbs used for digging.

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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.

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