Definition of "foreleg" [foreleg]

• Either of the front legs of a quadruped. (noun)

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• "The foreleg, which is attached to the thigh by a very flexible articulation, is also a double-edged saw, but the teeth are smaller, more numerous, and closer than those of the thigh."
• "Some examples even exceed these in the freedom of their outline, and the vigorous action which they depict, as, for instance, the man seizing a wild bull by the horn and foreleg, which is figured."
• "There was a coyote with a foreleg fracture, and a mallard with an injured foot."