hock

Example Sentences

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Razor-sharp teeth and surgical precision allow the bats to make an incision in an animal, such as in the hock of a cow, without the animal feeling it.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Connor Jackson, co-founder of the campaign group, said hock burn was "one symptom of a much larger problem".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

But the amount of hock burn within a poultry flock is an industry-accepted indicator of wider welfare standards on farms.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

Including any sign of hock burn ulcers at all, it says their shoppers found 74% of the chickens they checked had the condition.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

Then he lifted one of his horse’s front feet, curling it back at the hock.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III