Definition of "forelimb" [forelimb]

• An anterior appendage, such as a leg, wing, or flipper. (noun)

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• "She even planned to offer a $150 bounty for the severed forelimb of each killed wolf."
• "Abby hit the stiff forelimb with the meat tenderizer."
• "Argerreich's Introduction to Abnormal Psychology and The Narcissism Epidemic and placed one under Mr. Titters's outstretched paw and the other under his elbow, or elbow-like thing, leaving a narrow forelimb exposed and braced on both ends."