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Forelimb

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Forelimb"

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Word	Definition
armnoun	(anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
forelegnoun	Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal such as a horse, or towards the front of a many-legged animal such as most insects, or of a piece of furniture, etc.
prepollentnoun	Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.
forepartnoun	The front or anterior part of something.
praescutumnoun	Archaic form of prescutum. [(zoology) The first dorsal sclerite of a tergum of an insect]
praehalluxnoun	Alternative form of prehallux. [(anatomy) An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the big toe.]
forebodynoun	(physiology) thorax
forehandnoun	(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
forebeamnoun	(nautical) A horizontal spar across the bow of some sailing vessels, used to stabilize the hulls of a catamaran, to secure a bowsprit, or to tie down the tack when there is no bowsprit.
beginningnoun	(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
prohaptornoun	An anterior haptor.
primitive streaknoun	(embryology) A formation that occurs during the initial phases of embryonic development in birds, reptiles and mammals.
foreledgenoun	The forward facing or anterior part of a ledge.
praemaxillanoun	Alternative form of premaxilla. [(anatomy) Either of a pair of bones in front of the maxillary bones in the upper vertebrate jaw]
preameloblastnoun	The precursor of an ameloblast
prepupanoun	An organism in a developmental stage that immediately precedes the pupa.
firstlingnoun	The first produce or result, notably firstborn offspring.
procingulumnoun	(dentistry) The front part of the tooth, before the anterior murid.
preimagonoun	A developmental stage of an insect before imago.
ancestornoun	One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.