forespur
nounEtymology From fore- + spur.
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Anatomy, Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences, Zoology A spur positioned at the fore, or facing forward.
- The tibial comb or forespur, on the front pair of legs, has about 65 teeth, stiff and elastic, and is deftly fitted into the tarsus opposite, which has about 45 coarser teeth.1914, Joshua Hughes Paul, Out of doors in the west:
- The main joint at his forespur kept slipping each time he tried to unfold it. Nilrasha stifled a sob. "I'm sorry, Ru. But it doesn't matter. Your wings are uncased." She began to lick his wounds. By hooking the wing tip in a crack on the balcony and ...2007, E. E. Knight, Dragon Outcast - Page 246:
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- Finally, species living on (d) hard soils have long spur—like apical extensions of the protibiae and well—developed forespurs, which often exhibit a lot of wear.2010, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel, John F. Lawrence, Volume 2: Morphology and Systematics: