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Definition of Hindlegs
1. hindleg [n] - See also: hindleg
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindlegs
Literary usage of Hindlegs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"... stories—Another kind of James— The thunder-storm—Yearning ladies and melancholy
sinners—hindlegs—Probable murder—"I abominate the sight of it! ..."
2. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller (1883)
"hindlegs was attained through a new habit, which rendered possible a great economy
of collecting-hairs, and a great saving of time in emptying the ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1823)
"From the commencement of the injection, he had some weakness and stiffness of
the hindlegs, and began to look dull. 45'. The hindlegs are scarcely sensible ..."
4. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1889)
"... and ordinarily lying along the pectus of the butterfly between the middle and
hindlegs. These bunches of hairs are probably scent- fans, and are, ..."
5. Catalogue of Casts of Fossils: From the Principal Museums of Europe and by Henry Augustus Ward (1866)
"The hindlegs appear more like columns for support than organs for locomotion,
... With the^hindlegs, it formed a tripod upon which the animal rested when ..."
6. Catalogue of Casts of Fossils: From the Principal Museums of Europe and by Henry Augustus Ward (1866)
"The hindlegs appear more like columns for support than organs for locomotion,
... With the hindlegs, it formed a tripod upon which the animal rested when ..."
7. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1916)
"If the two forelegs are affected the animal will bring the hindlegs as far forward
as possible and hold his head up; he lowers his head and places the ..."
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