forehooves

Equine front feet

Forehooves are the hooves on an animal's front legs, as distinguished from the hind hooves.

The term appears in descriptions of horses, deer, and other hoofed mammals: The horse reared up on its hind legs, forehooves pawing the air.

Singular: forehoof.

locomotion

gallop

Swiftest quadruped gait

  • canterModerate equine gait
  • trotPace between walk, canter
  • walkTravel on foot

stride · gait · hoofbeats · prance · rear · buck · kick · pawing · stamping · striking

function

balance

Steadiness or amount owed

digging · pawing · foraging · defense · striking · traction · grip · stability · shock absorption · climbing

anatomy

fetlock

Horse's rear ankle joint

leg · frog · sole · coronet · navicular · laminae · chestnuts · ergots · dewclaws · cloven

animals

horse

Domesticated riding animal

  • ponyCompact equine breed
  • donkeyLong-eared equine
  • muleEquine hybrid, often sterile

zebra · deer · elk · moose · caribou · antelope · gazelle · giraffe · bison · buffalo

Opposites
body position (anterior vs posterior)

forehooveshind legs

Animal's back limbs

hindquarters

Family

before, hoof, forehead, fore, hooves, forearm, foreleg, forepaws, forepaw

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