What is a forepaw?

What is a forepaw? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans.
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A second bear, standing on its hind legs, banged a tambourine with a forepaw.
A tiger was found with a steel trap sunk into its forepaw, and a week later, the park was closed and more than 40 poachers arrested.
When a dog smells quail, it freezes, steady and statuelike, and remains locked on three legs with one forepaw tucked under its chest.
This presses on the dog's left forepaw causing the dog to veer to the left.
I picked him up, held his forepaw firmly and put some ink on it with the end of a match.
In Curzon's figure the lion is standing, not 'couchant', as stated by Malcolm, and grasps a scimitar in his off forepaw.

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