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The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
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Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
Observers have even reported seeing domestic cats trap two cicadas at once, one under each forepaw.
—Jillian Mock, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2021
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Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
Observers have even reported seeing domestic cats trap two cicadas at once, one under each forepaw.
—Jillian Mock, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1782, in the meaning defined above
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“Forepaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forepaw. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023.
Kids Definition
forepaw
noun
fore·paw
-ˌpȯ 
: the paw of a foreleg
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