Foreleg

//ˈfɔrˌlɛɡ//

Synonyms for "foreleg" (21 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Strong matches (6)

Related words (10)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

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derived

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derived from

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is a

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part of

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related to

3 entries

Translations

28 translations across 18 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 前肢 noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)
  • 前腳 /前脚 noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)
  • 前腿 noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Danish

1 entries
  • forben noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • x*p:S-F24 noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • antaŭ-kruro noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Finnish

1 entries
  • etujalka noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

French

2 entries
  • patte avant noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)
  • patte de devant noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

German

2 entries
  • Vorderbein noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)
  • Vorderlauf noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • mellső láb noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • esijalka noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)
  • etujalka noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 前肢 noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)
  • 前脚 noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Korean

2 entries
  • 앞다리 noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)
  • 앞발 noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • forbein noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • forbein noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)
  • frambein noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Occitan

2 entries
  • pata avant noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)
  • pata de davant noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Russian

2 entries
  • пере́дняя ла́па noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)
  • пере́дняя нога́ noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Swedish

1 entries
  • framben noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ముంగాలు noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • han noun (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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For example, the foreleg of the mole is admirably suited for digging underground. A similar modification is found in an entirely different group of the animal kingdom, namely, in the mole cricket[…] In both of these cases the adaptation is the more obvious, because, while the leg of the mole is formed on the same general plan as that of other vertebrates, and the leg of the mole cricket has the same fundamental structure as that of other insects, yet in both cases the details of structure and the general proportions have been so altered, that the leg is fitted for entirely different purposes from that to which the legs of other vertebrates and of other insects are put.

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Clover made a sort of wall round them with her great foreleg[…]

Source: wiktionary

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