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forepaw - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun
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noun paws of an animal 's foreleg ; analogous to the hand in humans
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
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He squirmed and struggled, dabbing at the air with the injured as well as the uninjured forepaw and increasing his pain.
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She tried to force the forepaw inside—but too stiff.
Doggone Mark Meier 2011
Within moments, all that was visible was his head, one forepaw , and a wing.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
Within moments, all that was visible was his head, one forepaw , and a wing.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
He morphed to cat shape, pulled his forepaw free, and ran.
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"Close Home," Ruumahum muttered that evening, pausing to send a thick curving tongue out to groom the back of a forepaw .
Shopgirls Frederick Barthelme 2010
Within moments, all that was visible was his head, one forepaw , and a wing.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
The furcot merely bunked, yawned, and started preening itself with a forepaw .
Shopgirls Frederick Barthelme 2010
She dropped down again to all fours, and with her nose sought out one who had tumbled a little further and was beginning to overcome his bewilderment and to test his new environment with a forepaw , and nosed him back with the others and pushed them all to the back of the cave, their little furry bodies huddled tight against one another.
Hunting the Thylacine 2009
A sudden swipe of her short, powerful forepaw stretched an opening in the wire, and her head darted in and her jaws snapped through the back of a sleeping hen so swiftly it barely had a chance to squawk.
Hunting the Thylacine 2009
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