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forelegs

forelegs is the plural of foreleg.

Meaning of foreleg

Noun

foreleg (plural forelegs)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    forelimb

Questions about forelegs

What is forelegs the plural of?
Forelegs is the plural of foreleg.

Words near forelegs in the dictionary

  1. forelearns
  2. foreled
  3. foreledge
  4. foreleg
  5. forelegged
  6. forelegs
  7. forelend
  8. forelending
  9. forelends
  10. forelent
  11. forelet

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