: a limb (such as an arm, wing, fin, or leg) that is situated anteriorly
the forelimb of a bat
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Moreover, the patches of skin behind the upper arms and on the trunk reveal that the reptile had powerful muscles for retracting its forelimbs.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Above the hour-marker at 6 o’clock, there’s an appliqué representing two claws, nodding to the T-rex’s forelimbs.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
Bats have five finger-like digits on their forelimbs, with the first and shortest digit acting like a thumb.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Their ability to incapacitate large herbivores with powerful forelimbs and dagger-like canines may have given them a predatory edge over the bone-crushing canids.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Above the hour-marker at 6 o’clock, there’s an appliqué representing two claws, nodding to the T-rex’s forelimbs.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
Bats have five finger-like digits on their forelimbs, with the first and shortest digit acting like a thumb.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Their ability to incapacitate large herbivores with powerful forelimbs and dagger-like canines may have given them a predatory edge over the bone-crushing canids.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Forelimb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forelimb. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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forelimb
noun
fore·limb
-ˌlim 
: an arm, fin, wing, or leg that is one of a front pair of limbs or corresponds to one
Medical Definition
forelimb
noun
fore·limb
-ˌlim
: a limb (as an arm, fin, wing, or leg) that is situated anteriorly
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