hind limb

See also: hindlimb

English

Noun

hind limb (plural hind limbs)

1. A posterior limb on an animal. When referring to quadrupeds, the term hind leg is often instead used.

Synonyms

• hind leg

Translations

posterior limb

• Finnish: takaraaja
• French: membre postérieur (fr) m, membre caudal (fr) m, membre pelvien (fr) m
• Japanese: 後ろ足 (ja) (ushiroashi), 後肢 (ja) (kōshi)
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• Occitan: membre posterior m
• Russian: за́дняя коне́чность f (zádnjaja konéčnostʹ)

See also

• foreleg
• forelimb