HINDQUARTER


Meaning of HINDQUARTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌkwȯ(r)-tər, -ˌkȯ(r)- ]

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

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