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Definition of Forelimb
1. Noun. The front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing).
Definition of Forelimb
1. Noun. The anterior limb (or equivalent appendage) of an animal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forelimb
1. a foreleg [n -S] - See also: foreleg
Medical Definition of Forelimb
1. A front limb of a quadruped. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forelimb
Literary usage of Forelimb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crossing Over: The Basics of Evolution : Workbook for Teachers by Edith Dempster (2006)
"How does a bat's forelimb differ from that of a human? c. ... Look at the forelimb
of a mole. a. Write the names of the bones on each label line. b. ..."
2. The Functions of the Brain by David Ferrier (1886)
"And as volition enters more especially into the motor activities of the forelimb,
so the forelimb is relatively more affected than the others. ..."
3. Geology for general readers: A Series of Popular Sketches in Geology and by David Page (1870)
"The forelimb to swim, the forelimb to walk, the forelimb to run, the fore- limb
to seize, and the forelimb to fly, are each stamped by its own essential ..."
4. The Lancet (1898)
"Describe the arrangement of the bone« In the forelimb of a horse. Point out how
the forelimb of a horse differs from and how it resembles ..."
5. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1890)
"of the civets, do we observe similar habits or a similar use made of the forelimb;
and in none of the rest of them do we find the foramen present. ..."
6. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1908)
"Marked movement of forelimb on striking it; also movement of opposite forelimb.
2143. Fair corneal reflex. No light reflex. Strong movement of fore- limb ..."
7. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"FOREARM IS PRIMITIVE In these hypothetical horse compositions "there is no doubt
that the human forelimb would suffer badly. Far from being regarded as the ..."
8. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1883)
"We may very fairly imagine that when a dog wills to extend the forelimb, the
cerebral changes are of such a kind that eventually processes are set up in the ..."
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