Thesaurus results for FORELIMB

forelimb

noun

as in foreleg

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Recent Examples of forelimb Researchers compared the skeletons of 85 dinosaur species and discovered a correlation among five dinosaur groups with big skulls having shorter forelimbs (the tyrannosoids, ceratosaurids, megalosaurids, abelisaurids and carcharodontosaurids). —

Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026 Andre Rowe, a paleobiologist and a senior research associate at England’s University of Bristol, agreed that the most interesting finding of the study is how widespread the small forelimb trend was. —

Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 25 May 2026 One of the major findings in the 2017 study was that Draco lizards can actively adjust their forelimb position during flight, attaching their arms to the leading edge of the patagium. —

Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 May 2026 As a result, the hooves of its forelimbs differed from those of its hindlimbs. —

Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forelimb

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foreleg

Noun

Nini was naturally close to the ground, like a giant thoughtful rat, owing to his disproportionately short forelegs.

— Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Having bent its foreleg a little, the elephant swayed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025