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foreleg

[fawr-leg, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌlɛg, ˈfoʊr- /
NOUN
calf
Synonyms
STRONGEST


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The devil’s flower mantis moves its forelegs back and forth and clicks, like a haunted clock.

From New York Times

Hinsley said that she appeared to have a broken foreleg and that he believes she may have been struck by a vehicle.

From Washington Times

Part of its skull, several ribs and foreleg bones, some with soft tissue still attached to them, were retrieved from Russia’s remote Yamal peninsula above the Arctic Circle in July.

From Washington Post

Part of its skull, several ribs and foreleg bones, some with soft tissue still attached to them, were retrieved from Russia’s remote Yamal peninsula above the Arctic circle on July 23.

From Reuters

But one factor remains: The cannon bone in any Thoroughbred’s foreleg is about the same circumference as a good cannoli.

From New York Times