foreleg
US/ˈfɔrˌlɛɡ/
foreleg noun: 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.
Noun
foreleg (plural forelegs)
- 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.
- I once saw two males fighting together; each had a fore-leg laid across the neck of the other, and the rostrum bent quite in an attitude of defiance, and looking most ridiculous.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 277
- For example, the foreleg of the mole is admirably suited for digging underground. A similar modification is found in an entirely different group of the animal kingdom, namely, in the mole cricket[…] In both of these cases the adaptation is the more obvious, because, while the leg of the mole is...1903, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Evolution and adaptation
- Synonyms:
- forelimb
foreleg meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
foreleg in Tamil
- either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
- முன்னங்கால் muṉṉaṅkāl
foreleg in Telugu
- either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal
- ముంగాలు muṅgālu
foreleg in Kannada
- ಮುಂಗಾಲು
Examples of foreleg in a sentence
- For example, the foreleg of the mole is admirably suited for digging underground.1903, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Evolution and adaptation:
- Clover made a sort of wall round them with her great foreleg[…]1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […]...
Synonyms of foreleg
Forms of foreleg
| plural | forelegs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | fore |
| alternative form | leg |
Origin of foreleg
From fore- + leg.
Words formed from foreleg
Questions about foreleg
- What does foreleg mean?
- Foreleg means 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.
- What is foreleg in Tamil?
- Foreleg in Tamil is முன்னங்கால் (muṉṉaṅkāl). See Foreleg meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use foreleg in a sentence?
- For example, the foreleg of the mole is admirably suited for digging underground.
- What part of speech is foreleg?
- Foreleg is a noun.
- How do you pronounce foreleg?
- Foreleg is pronounced /ˈfɔrˌlɛɡ/ (US).
- What is the plural of foreleg?
- The plural of foreleg is forelegs.
Words near foreleg in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: foreleg (page history and authors); foreleg (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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