limb

Definition of limb

one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper

Types:: show 19 types...; hide 19 types...; hind limb, hindlimb
a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals; hind leg
the back limb of a quadruped; forelimb
the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing); foreleg
the forelimb of a quadruped; flipper
the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming; leg
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle; peg, pin, stick
informal terms for the leg; bandy leg, bandyleg, bow leg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara
a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee); shank's mare, shank's pony, shanks' mare, shanks' pony
you own legs; spindlelegs, spindleshanks
long thin legs; crus
the leg from the knee to foot; leg
a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion; prehensor
the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths; animal leg
the leg of an animal; thigh
the part of the leg between the hip and the knee; lap
the upper side of the thighs of a seated person; arm
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb; cubitus
the arm from the elbow to the fingertips; forearm
the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist

Type of:: appendage, extremity, member
an external body part that projects from the body

any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

Types:: stick
a small thin branch of a tree; bough
any of the larger branches of a tree

Type of:: branch
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip

"the upper limb of the bow"

the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles

"the limb of the sextant"

any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm