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the original Swiss Army tool, evolved from fins that crawled out of the sea
means An arm or leg of a person or animal, or a large branch of a tree.
from From Old English 'lim,' meaning a limb or branch, with deep roots in Proto-Germanic (compare Old Norse 'limr'). The 'b' is a later spelling intruder — it crept onto the end of the word much like the silent 'b' in 'thumb' and 'numb,' though it was never sounded in speech.
- phantom feel
- amputees often sense limbs that no longer exist
- shared blueprint
- bat wings, whale fins, your arm: same bones
- regrow club
- salamanders rebuild entire lost limbs from scratch
- out on one
- the idiom comes from precarious tree branches
- starfish trick
- a severed arm can grow a whole new starfish
for instance
phantom limb sensation — occurs in 50-80% of amputees who feel pain or movement in missing limbs
axolotl limb regeneration — mexican salamander can fully regenerate complex limbs including bones, muscles, and nerves in 3-4 weeks