forelimb

forelimb [fawr-lim, fohr-] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a front limb of an animal.

Origin of forelimb First recorded in 1785–95; fore- + limb1 Examples from the Web for forelimb Historical Examples of forelimb

The differences in the sternum and proportions of the forelimb reflect the more rapid flight of the hoary bat.

North American Yellow Bats, ‘Dasypterus,’ And a List of the Named Kinds Of the Genus Lasiurus Gray

E. Raymond Hall

The forelimb is transitional between the pectoral fin of Rhipidistia and the limb of early Amphibia.

A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas

Theodore H. Eaton

Richardson, looking down, saw the long, fine reach of forelimb as steady as steel machinery.

The Open Boat and Other Stories

Stephen Crane

British Dictionary definitions for forelimb forelimb noun

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