hind leg
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /haɪnd.lɛɡ/
hind leg (plural hind legs)
- Either of the two legs towards the rear of a four-legged animal.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- "Can you hop on your hind legs?" asked the furry rabbit.
- That was a dreadful question, for the Velveteen Rabbit had no hind legs at all! The back of him was made all in one piece, like a pincushion. He sat still in the bracken, and hoped that the other rabbits wouldn't notice.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- German: Hinterlauf, Hinterbein
- Italian: zampa posteriore
- Portuguese: perna traseira
- Russian: за́дняя нога́
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