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Noun limb has 6 senses

limb - one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
--₁ is a kind of extremity, appendage, member
--₁ is a part of appendicular skeleton
--₁ has part: stump; extremity
--₁ has particulars:
hind limb; forelimb; flipper; leg; crus; leg; thigh; arm; cubitus; forearm
limb, tree branch - any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
--₂ is a kind of branch
--₂ is a part of tree
--₂ has particulars: stick; bough
limb - (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
--₃ is a kind of edge, border
limb - either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow"
--₄ is a kind of part, portion
--₄ is a part of bow
limb - the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant"
--₅ is a kind of arc
--₅ is a part of octant; sextant
arm, branch, limb - any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
--₆ is a kind of projection