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outlimb

outlimb noun: an outer appendage.

Noun

outlimb (plural outlimbs)

  1. (rare) An outer appendage.
    • […] a strike fault in the outlimb between the anticline and the Laramie River syncline […]1942, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, volume 53, page 1509

Forms of outlimb

pluraloutlimbs

Origin of outlimb

out- + limb

Questions about outlimb

What does outlimb mean?
Outlimb means an outer appendage.
What part of speech is outlimb?
Outlimb is a noun.
What is the plural of outlimb?
The plural of outlimb is outlimbs.

Words near outlimb in the dictionary

  1. outlifts
  2. outlighten
  3. outlightened
  4. outlightening
  5. outlightens
  6. outlimb
  7. outlimbs
  8. outlimn
  9. outlimned
  10. outlimning
  11. outlimns

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