forelimb
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of forelimb
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Tyrannosaurids, however, showed a more balanced reduction across the entire forelimb.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 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
Large swaths of preserved skin covers the bones of the dinosaur’s right forelimb, hind limbs and tail.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 14, 2022
A thin dermal fold from posterior corner of eye above tympanum to insertion of forelimb, covering upper edge of tympanum; tympanum nearly round, its diameter equal to its distance from eye.
From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by William E. Duellman
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