foreleg

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• foreleg — (n.) late 15c., from FORE (Cf. fore ) + LEG (Cf. leg) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

• foreleg — [fôr′leg΄] n. either of the front legs of an animal with four or more legs …   English World dictionary

• foreleg — UK [ˈfɔː(r)ˌleɡ] / US [ˈfɔrˌleɡ] noun [countable] Word forms foreleg : singular foreleg plural forelegs one of the two front legs of an animal that has four legs …   English dictionary

• Foreleg-thigh of ox — The Foreleg and thigh of ox hieroglyph of Ancient Egypt is an old hieroglyph; it even represented a nighttime constellation, (the Big Dipper). It came to have many uses in Ancient Egypt over three millenia.Iconographic usage of ox forelegOffered… …   Wikipedia

• foreleg — noun Date: 15th century a front leg …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• foreleg — n. [A.S. for, fore; ON. leggr, leg] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) One of a pair of legs on the prothorax …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• foreleg — /fawr leg , fohr /, n. one of the front legs of a quadruped, an insect, etc. [1375 1425; late ME forlegge. See FORE , LEG] * * * …   Universalium

• foreleg — noun Either of the two legs towards the front of a four legged animal …   Wiktionary

• foreleg — fore·leg fō(ə)r .leg, fȯ(ə)r , .lāg n a front leg * * * fore·leg (forґleg) the front leg (thoracic limb) of a quadruped. Cf. hind leg, under leg …   Medical dictionary

• foreleg — fore|leg [ˈfo:leg US ˈfo:r ] n one of the two front legs of an animal with four legs …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• foreleg — fore|leg [ fɔr,leg ] noun count one of the two front legs of an animal that has four legs …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English