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hindlimb

hindlimb is the alternative spelling of hind limb.

Meaning of hind limb

Noun

hind limb (plural hind limbs)

  1. A posterior limb on an animal. When referring to quadrupeds, the term hind leg is often instead used.
    • Coordinate term: forelimb
    Synonyms:
    hind leg

Forms of hindlimb

pluralhindlimbs

Questions about hindlimb

What is hindlimb the alternative spelling of?
Hindlimb is the alternative spelling of hind limb.

Words near hindlimb in the dictionary

  1. Hindley Green
  2. Hindley's screw
  3. Hindley-Milner type system
  4. Hindley-Milner type systems
  5. Hindleys
  6. hindlimb
  7. hindlimbs
  8. Hindlip
  9. Hindlish
  10. hindlock
  11. hindlocks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hindlimb (page history and authors); hind limb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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