Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An anterior appendage, such as a leg, wing, or flipper.
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- noun The
anterior limb (or equivalentappendage ) of ananimal
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- noun the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing)
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Examples
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She even planned to offer a $150 bounty for the severed forelimb of each killed wolf.
Think Progress » Tea party leaders say they would ‘absolutely’ abolish Social Security. 2010
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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.
Doggone Mark Meier 2011
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Abby hit the stiff forelimb with the meat tenderizer.
Doggone Mark Meier 2011
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She even planned to offer a $150 bounty for the severed forelimb of each killed wolf.
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She even planned to offer a $150 bounty for the severed forelimb of each killed wolf.
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Replacing the mouse Prx1 forelimb regulatory region with the bat Prx1 regulatory region resulted in mice with significantly elongated forelimbs.
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As long as he kept moving, he could rear almost upright; only when he stood still did he have to use his free forelimb as a support.
Tin 2010
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While forelimb length is just one of several key morphological changes that occurred during the evolution of the bat wing, this unprecedented finding demonstrates that evolution can be driven by changes in the patterns of gene expression, rather than solely by changes in the genes, themselves.
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While forelimb length is just one of several key morphological changes that occurred during the evolution of the bat wing, this unprecedented finding demonstrates that evolution can be driven by changes in the patterns of gene expression, rather than solely by changes in the genes, themselves.
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Fowics were like flying squirrels back on Earth, except that their forelimb wings were more fully adapted for flying rather than gliding, and their heads, ears and snouts had a distinctly feline appearance.
The Orphaned Worlds, 1st Draft, 1st Excerpt « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS 2009
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