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limb
has definitions from the fields of zoology,botany,mathematics,geometry
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[ noun ] (zoology) one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)His Mary would be slender of limb and delicate of proportion , yet she must hold this full-grown man as securely and convincingly as she would a child . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Fourteen of the sculptures you took posses properties of a most curious and terrifying nature , as you will observe when your limbs begin to wither and your hair falls_out in patches . |
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[ noun ] any projection that is thought to resemble an arm
Examples "the arm of the record player" "an arm of the sea" "a branch of the sewer" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 26355
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[ noun ] (botany) any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
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