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Recent Examples of foreleg
The Raptors version features a dial in multiple shades of green, this time with three claw marks, reminiscent of the velociraptors’ forelegs.
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
The neck girth was 28 inches, body girth behind the forelegs 47, greatest girth over the shoulders 56, and length from hind toe to tip of horns 9½ feet.
—Horace R. Hinkley, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
So, my team wanted to find out if males have proportionally longer necks when accounting for their overall stature, comprised of their head, neck, and forelegs.
—Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Instead, Mira and his six colleagues stationed themselves around the hippo’s hind legs, forelegs, backside and head.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
So my team wanted to find out if males have proportionally longer necks when accounting for their overall stature, comprised of their head, neck and forelegs.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
The male giraffe body, with long forelegs supporting the trunk and neck – a shape to die for.
—Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
In captivity, where staff can determine the cause of death, well over half of male giraffes die from foreleg problems, which shortens their lifespan by 25% compared with females.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Among a number factors boosting Tripod’s mystique is the question of exactly what happened to the coyote’s right foreleg.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
The neck girth was 28 inches, body girth behind the forelegs 47, greatest girth over the shoulders 56, and length from hind toe to tip of horns 9½ feet.
—Horace R. Hinkley, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
So, my team wanted to find out if males have proportionally longer necks when accounting for their overall stature, comprised of their head, neck, and forelegs.
—Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Instead, Mira and his six colleagues stationed themselves around the hippo’s hind legs, forelegs, backside and head.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
So my team wanted to find out if males have proportionally longer necks when accounting for their overall stature, comprised of their head, neck and forelegs.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
The male giraffe body, with long forelegs supporting the trunk and neck – a shape to die for.
—Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
In captivity, where staff can determine the cause of death, well over half of male giraffes die from foreleg problems, which shortens their lifespan by 25% compared with females.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Among a number factors boosting Tripod’s mystique is the question of exactly what happened to the coyote’s right foreleg.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreleg
Noun
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Above the hour-marker at 6 o’clock, there’s an appliqué representing two claws, nodding to the T-rex’s forelimbs.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Bats have five finger-like digits on their forelimbs, with the first and shortest digit acting like a thumb.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The outfielder is working his way back from a left calf strain.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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The responding officer found that Sweet had gunshot wounds to the back of his left calf and to the left side of his torso.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Her strappy, sleeveless number also featured laced-up side paneling starting at her hips and running down her thighs.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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The briefs on these shorts fit like actual underwear and don’t dig into my thighs.—
Renee Cherry,
SELF,
8 May 2025
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“Foreleg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreleg. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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