hindermost

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These wing-like processes are borne by prolongations of five or six of the hindermost ribs, and can be folded up.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

"Their eggs upon a heap of straw, Then loitering hindermost, the more."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various

One of the hindermost transports, taking too wide a bend, crashed into the wagon.

From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Tracy, Louis

"It's head for tall timber, and the Greeks take the hindermost," adjudged the cheerful sailor, while Ole was stuttering over what would happen when we came to the end of the river.

From Tales of the Fish Patrol by Varian, George

The hindermost specimens of tail vertebræ observed have the neural arch preserved to the end, as among reptiles; whereas in mammals this arch becomes lost towards the end of the tail.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.