"foreflipper" meaning in All languages combined

See foreflipper on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: foreflippers [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + flipper. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|flipper}} fore- + flipper Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreflipper (plural foreflippers)
  1. The forelimb of a sea lion, seal, turtle, etc.

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Coordinate term: hindflipper"
        },
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          "ref": "1959, Moore Raymond, Smiley Roams the Road, London: Hulton Press, page 100:",
          "text": "He crouched low on the creature's back and took a firm grip on the rim of the shell just above each fore-flipper.",
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        ],
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          "turtle",
          "turtle"
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