foreleg
pronunciation
How to pronounce foreleg in British English:
UK [ˈfɔ:leg]
How to pronounce foreleg in American English:
US [ˈfɔrleg]
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- Noun:
- the front limb of a quadruped
Word Origin
- foreleg (n.)
- late 15c., from fore- + leg (n.).
Example
- 1. I feel a soft pinch in my foreleg .
- 2. Us fresh , cold pig foreleg bone , pig hi .
- 3. The wing of a bat and the foreleg of a mouse are homologous .
- 4. Clover made a sort of wall round them with her great foreleg , and the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep .
- 5. Such as bird wings , pectoral fin fish and mammals are the foreleg forelimb various state .