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Definition of Forelimbs
1. forelimb [n] - See also: forelimb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forelimbs
Literary usage of Forelimbs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Body and Mind; a History and a Defence of Animism: A History and a Defence by William McDougall (1920)
"We may then legitimately suppose that in this case the forelimbs of this group,
constituting a divergent species, may become short and spade-like, ..."
2. A Bible for a Thoughtfull Skeptic by Thom Pain Jr., Thom Pain (2005)
"If a salamander's forelimbs are reversed, they function normally but ... When the
salamander attempts to move foreword, his forelimbs propel him backward. ..."
3. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1890)
"It is a fact to be constantly observed in the habits of these animals that the
dog and hyena, in feeding, place both forelimbs upon the bone or other morsel ..."
4. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1916)
"On careful examination I found that the forelimbs belonged, ... I then located
both forelimbs of one calf ami roped them and traction was applied. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"forelimbs massive, not much shortened. —With a dermal armour. Scelidosaurus from
the Lias to ... forelimbs much shorter than the hindlimbs, but stout and ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The forelimbs are thua brought oppos:te the sides of the neck, aid from this
position a threefold advantage ia derived:—in the ..."
7. The Causes and Course of Organic Evolution: A Study of Bioenergics by John Muirhead Macfarlane (1918)
"A flexible and richly nervous protrusion of the naso-maxillary region here
functions in similar manner, and as an equally efficient organ, to the forelimbs ..."
8. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"Neurologic examination (continued) Type of abnormal gait 1 Steppage—animal drags
forelimbs in walking, walks on its carpus, or lifts its forelimbs unusually ..."
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