Recent Examples on the WebStartled from its slumber, the tennis ball-sized silky anteater raises its forepaws defensively like a boxer.—James Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023 The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020 Observers have even reported seeing domestic cats trap two cicadas at once, one under each forepaw.—Jillian Mock, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2021
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