"forepaw" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)pɔː/ [UK], /ˈfɔɹpɔ/ [US], /ˈfɔɹpɑ/ [US] Forms: forepaws [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + paw. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fore-|paw|text=+|tree=1}} From fore- + paw. Head templates: {{en-noun}} forepaw (plural forepaws)
  1. Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans. Translations (paw of an animal's foreleg): 前爪 (qiánzhǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), etukäpälä (Finnish), patte avant [feminine] (French), framtass [common-gender] (Swedish), ram (note: of a bear) [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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