hind leg
Either of the two legs towards the rear of a multilegged animalEither of the two legs towards the rear of a multilegged animal.
» The dog stood up on its hind legs and put its front legs on my shoulders.
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1 sensesEither of the two legs towards the rear of a multilegged animal.
Coordinate term: foreleg
Hinterlauf, Hinterbein
за́дняя нога́zádnjaja nogá, за́дняя ла́паzádnjaja lápa
- the back limb of a quadruped
Examples
27 sentencesThe dog stood up on its hind legs and put its front legs on my shoulders.
The horse rose on its hind legs.
ruЛошадь встала на дыбы. — Wezel
Bears could walk on their hind legs.
The gazelle stood on its hind legs.
ruГазель стояла на задних ногах. — marafon
Bears can stand on their hind legs.
ruМедведи могут стоять на задних лапах. — marafon
Translations
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