noun
A posterior appendage, such as a leg, wing, or flipper.
hind limb
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Noun
(plural hind limbs)
- A posterior limb on an animal. When referring to quadrupeds, the term hind leg is often instead used.
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Sentence Examples
- The orbit is surrounded by a bony ring; the ulna and radius in the fore, and the tibia and fibula in the hind-limb are united, and the feet are of the types described above.
- Aarsk., ix., 1872 (hind-limb of swimming birds); G.
Words near hind limb in the dictionary
- hind limb
- hind-limbs
- hind-teat
- hind-teats