1.any of the paired parts (as an arm, wing, or leg) of an animal that stick out from the body and are used mostly in moving and grasping
2.a large branch of a tree
3.one of the projecting paired appendages (as an arm, wing, fin, or parapodium) of an animal body made up of diverse tissues (as epithelium, muscle, and bone) derived from two or more germ layers and concerned especially with movement and grasping but sometimes modified into sensory or sexual organs
4.a branch or arm of something (as an anatomical part)
the descending limb of Henle's loop
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1.the outer edge of the apparent disk of a celestial body