n.
Pronunciation: - ˌ kwo ̇ (r)-t ə r, - ˌ ko ̇ (r)-
Function: noun
Date: circa 1740
1 : one side of the back half of the carcass of a quadruped including a leg and usually one or more ribs
2 plural : the hind pair of legs of a quadruped broadly : all the structures of a quadruped that lie posterior to the attachment of the hind legs to the trunk