limb
noun
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any projection that is thought to resemble a human armarm
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the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles“the limb of the sextant”
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either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip“the upper limb of the bow”
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one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm
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(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
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any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a treetree branch