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Meaning of limb

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  limb
      n 1: one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for
           locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
      2: any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of
         a tree [syn: {limb}, {tree branch}]
      3: (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of
         the sun or the moon or a planet
      4: either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the
         upper limb of the bow"
      5: the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for
         measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant"
      6: any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the
         arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of
         the sewer" [syn: {arm}, {branch}, {limb}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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