hind leg

English

Alternative forms

• hindleg

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /haɪnd.lɛɡ/

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Noun

hind leg (plural hind legs)

1. Either of the two legs towards the rear of a four-legged animal.
   • 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     "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.

Synonyms

• hind limb

Derived terms

• crooked as a dog's hind leg
• stand up on one's hind legs
• talk the hind leg off a donkey, talk the hind legs off a donkey

Translations

either of two legs towards the rear

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後肢／后肢 (zh) (hòuzhī)

• Finnish: takajalka
• French: ^{(please verify)} patte de derrière f , ^{(please verify)} patte arrière f , ^{(please verify)} patte postérieure f
• Georgian: ყალყი (q̇alq̇i)
• German: Hinterlauf m, Hinterbein (de) n
• Icelandic: afturfótur (is) m
• Ingrian: takajalka, takujalka
• Irish: cos deiridh f
• Italian: zampa posteriore f
• Japanese: 後肢 (ja) (こうし, kōshi), 後足 (ja) (あとあし, atoashi, こうきゃく, kōkyaku), 後ろ足 (ja) (うしろあし, ushiroashi)
• Korean: 뒷다리 (dwitdari)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Achterbeen (nds) n, Achterbein n

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bakbein n, bakben n

  Nynorsk: bakbein n

• Portuguese: perna traseira f
• Russian: за́дняя нога́ f (zádnjaja nogá), за́дняя ла́па f (zádnjaja lápa) (hind paw)
• Scottish Gaelic: (horse's) lurgann f
• Swedish: bakben (sv) n
• Tok Pisin: lek (tpi)
• Welsh: coes ôl (cy) f

See also

• foreleg
• forelimb

Anagrams

• Hedglin