FOREQUARTERS

Meaning of FOREQUARTERS in English

■ plural noun the front legs and adjoining parts of a quadruped.

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TAURUS — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin (genitive Tauri), literally, bull Date: 14th century a zodiacal constellation that contains the …
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RACK — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rak rain cloud, rapid movement Date: 14th century a wind-driven mass of high often broken …
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COUPLING — noun Date: 14th century the act of bringing or coming together ; pairing, a device that serves to connect the …
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BISON — noun (plural ~) Etymology: Latin ~t-, ~, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wisant aurochs; akin to Old …
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HARTEBEEST — Either of two species of swift, slender antelope (genus Alcelaphus ) found in herds on open plains and scrublands of …
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MANDOLIN — I. noun also man·do·line |mandə|lin, -aan-, ˈ ̷ ̷d ə lə̇n ( -s ) Etymology: Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola : a …
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BUFFALO — I. ˈbəfəˌlō also -f(ˌ)lō noun ( plural buffalo or buffaloes also buffalos ) Etymology: Italian bufalo & Spanish búfalo, from …
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PESADE — pəˈsād, -zād, -zäd noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, alteration (influenced by peser to weigh, from Latin pensare ) of …
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LEVADE — ləˈväd noun ( -s ) Etymology: German, from French lever to raise (from Latin levare ) + -ade — more …
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HIPPOCAMPUS — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkampəs noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek hippokampos sea horse, legendary sea monster, from hippo- hipp- + kampos sea monster …
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FORESADDLE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: fore- + saddle : a wholesale cut of veal, lamb, or mutton consisting of the undivided forequarters …
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COUPLING — ˈkəpliŋ, -lēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of couplen to couple, join 1. : the act …
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BISON — ˈbīs ə n, ˈbīz ə n noun Etymology: Latin bisont-, bison, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English wesend aurochs, …
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ASTRAPOTHERIA — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈthirēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek astrapo- (from astrapē lightning) + New Latin -theria; akin to …
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RACK — I. ˈrak noun Etymology: Middle English rak rain cloud, rapid movement Date: 14th century : a wind-driven mass of high …
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BUFFALO — I. ˈbə-fə-ˌlō noun ( plural -lo or -loes also -los ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Italian bufalo & Spanish búfalo, …
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TAURUS — I. ˈtȯr-əs noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin (genitive Tauri ), literally, bull Date: 14th century 1. : a zodiacal …
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COUPLING — ), -pə-liŋ noun Date: 14th century 1. : the act of bringing or coming together : pairing ; specifically : …
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BISON — noun ( plural bison ) Etymology: Latin bisont-, bison, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wisant aurochs; akin …
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COUPLING — [cou.pling] n (14c) 1: the act of bringing or coming together: pairing; specif: sexual union 2: a device that serves …
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BUFFALO — [buf.fa.lo] n, pl -lo or -loes also -los often attrib [It bufalo & Sp bufalo, fr. LL bufalus, alter. of …
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BISON — [bi.son] n, pl bison [L bisont-, bison, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG wisant aurochs; akin to OPruss wissambrs aurochs] …
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TAURUS — [Tau.rus] n [ME, fr. L (gen. Tauri), lit., bull] 1: a zodiacal constellation that contains the Pleiades and Hyades and …
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ZEBRA — Burchell's zebra, or bonte quagga (Equus quagga) any of three species of strikingly black-and-white-striped mammals of the horse family Equidae …
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TAHR — Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) (genus Hemitragus), any of several wary and surefooted wild goats of the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla). …
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HARTEBEEST — (genus Alcelaphus), either of two swift, slender antelopes, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), found in herds on open plains and scrublands …
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BUSH DOG — also called Savannah Dog (Speothos venaticus), small, stocky carnivore of the family Canidae found in the forests and savannas of …
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BISON — either of two species of oxlike grazing mammals that constitute the genus Bison of the family Bovidae. The American bison …
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AOUDAD — also called Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia), north African sheep, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla). The only wild sheep in Africa, the …
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TROIS FRRES, LES — cave in southern France, discovered in 1914, containing an important group of monumental Late Paleolithic (c. 40,000c. 10,000 BC) paintings …
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AFGHAN HOUND — Afghan hound. breed of dog developed as a hunter in the hill country of Afghanistan. It was once thought to …
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