hind

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For nearly 20 minutes, the lynx remained absorbed in the behaviour, at times standing on its "hind legs with its gaze fixed on the rodent", he said.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

They unearthed a skull, fragments of the hind legs and several crests.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

“The IRS is really on its hind heels here.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

The ancient animals still had hind limb bones, which living dugongs and manatees lost during their evolution.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2025

Before I realized what I was doing, I reached in, caught hold of the little monkey’s hind legs, and pulled him out from under the bank.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls