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limb

/lɪm/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters

  1. noun

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

  2. noun

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

  3. noun

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

  4. noun

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

    the upper limb of the bow

  5. noun

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

    the limb of the sextant

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