forelimb

English Thesaurus

1. the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing) (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	limb,
definition	:	one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper (noun.body)

hyponym	:	foreleg,
definition	:	the forelimb of a quadruped (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	forepaw,
definition	:	front paw; analogous to the human hand (noun.animal)