One of the front legs of an animal with four legs, such as a dog, horse, or insect.
From 'fore-' (front) + 'leg' (limb). Simple compound of Old English elements describing the anterior limbs of quadrupedal creatures.
A horse's forelegs bear about 60% of its body weight, which is why racehorses injure them so frequently—evolution optimized horses for speed, but that design flaw is why they can't recover from foreleg fractures.
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