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Definition of Hindleg
1. a rear leg [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindleg
Literary usage of Hindleg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1912)
"Tibial bristle of hindleg of Panorpa communi*. 60 diameters. FIG. 9. Tibial bristle
of hindleg of L. scolopacea. FIG. io. Tibial bristle of hindleg of C. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"20, 1915, 8.45 AM Slight stiffness in right hindleg. Mar. ... 2.15 PM Tetanus
toxin, 0.3 cc in muscle of right hindleg. Feb. 11, 1915. ..."
3. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities by Arthur Hamilton Smith, British Museum Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1900)
"Lion; all the forepart of the body wanting from behind the shoulder; the right
hindleg wanting from above, and the left from below, the hough; ..."
4. Elementary Equitation: Principles of Horseback-riding by Joseph Michaël Thomas Barretto de Souza (1922)
"Thus the right foreleg and the left hindleg moving together constitute one beat,
and the movement of the left foreleg and of the right hindleg together, ..."
5. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller (1883)
"9 • X right tuft of hair on mcta* thorax. Lettering in 1 and 3 as in rig. 10.
3.—Right hindleg of the same bf-e. 4.—Single hairs from the budy of an I ..."
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