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FETLOCK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Projection behind and above a horse's hoof

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("fetlock" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Holonyms ("fetlock" is a part of...):

horse's foot (the hoof of a horse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The joint between the cannon bone and the pastern

Synonyms:

fetlock; fetlock joint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("fetlock" is a kind of...):

articulatio; articulation; joint ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))

Holonyms ("fetlock" is a part of...):

horse's foot (the hoof of a horse)

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