extremiteit

Definitions of extremiteit
  1. noun
    the greatest or utmost degree
    synonyms: uiterste
  2. noun
    one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
    synonyms: extremiteiten, ledematen, lidmaat
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    been, onderdaan, onderdanen, poot, stelt
    a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
    bovenbeen, dij
    the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
    arm, tentakel, vangarm
    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
    onderarm
    the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist
    achterbeen, achterpoot
    the back limb of a quadruped
    voorpoot
    the forelimb of a quadruped
    hark
    informal terms for the leg
    spillebeen
    long thin legs
    type of:
    aanhanger, aanhangwagen, lidmaat
    an external body part that projects from the body
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