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| brachial |
of, like, or belonging to a vertebrate's arm, wing, foreleg, or other similar forelimb. |
| foreshank |
an animal's upper foreleg and shoulder. [2 definitions] |
| rampant |
of an animal in heraldry, represented in profile with the body raised up on the left hind leg, with the right foreleg elevated above the left. [1/5 definitions] |
| shin1 |
in cattle, the lower part of the foreleg. [1/3 definitions] |
| trot |
of a quadruped, esp. a horse, to travel briskly by moving the left foreleg forward simultaneously with the right hind leg, and the right foreleg simultaneously with the left hind leg. [2/6 definitions] |
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