"foreleg" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forelegs [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + leg. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|leg}} fore- + leg Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreleg (plural forelegs)
  1. 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. Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Synonyms: forelimb, fore leg [dated] Translations (either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal): 前腳 (Chinese Mandarin), 前脚 (qiánjiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 前腿 (qiántuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 前肢 (qiánzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), forben [neuter] (Danish), x*p:S-F24 (ḫpš) (Egyptian), etujalka (Finnish), patte de devant [feminine] (French), patte avant [feminine] (French), Vorderlauf [masculine] (German), Vorderbein [neuter] (German), mellső láb (Hungarian), etujalka (Ingrian), esijalka (Ingrian), 前肢 (zenshi) (alt: ぜんし) (Japanese), 前脚 (alt: まえあし, maeashi, ぜんきゃく, zenkyaku) (Japanese), 앞다리 (apdari) (Korean), forbein [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), forbein [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), frambein [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pata de davant (Occitan), pata avant (Occitan), пере́дняя нога́ (perédnjaja nogá) [feminine] (Russian), пере́дняя ла́па (perédnjaja lápa) (english: fore paw) [feminine] (Russian), framben [neuter] (Swedish), ముంగాలు (muṅgālu) (Telugu), han (Tok Pisin)

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