Meanings
plural hind legs · alternative hindleg
- Either of the two legs towards the rear of a multilegged animal.
Coordinate term: foreleg
1 more example
“Can you hop on your hind legs?” asked the furry rabbit. That was a dreadful question, for the Velveteen Rabbit had no hind legs at all! The back of him was made all in one piece, like a pincushion. He sat still in the bracken, and hoped that the other rabbits wouldn’t notice.
1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLCSynonyms: hind limb
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEither of the two legs towards the rear of a multilegged animal.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 後肢 /后肢
- 後肢 /后肢 (hòuzhī)either of two legs towards the rear
Finnish takajalka
- takajalkaeither of two legs towards the rear
German Hinterlauf, Hinterbein
- Hinterlaufeither of two legs towards the rear
- Hinterbeineither of two legs towards the rear
Icelandic afturfótur
- afturfótureither of two legs towards the rear
Irish cos deiridh
- cos deiridheither of two legs towards the rear
Italian zampa posteriore
- zampa posterioreeither of two legs towards the rear
Japanese 後肢, 後足
- 後肢 (kōshi)either of two legs towards the rear
- 後足either of two legs towards the rear
- 後ろ足 (ushiroashi)either of two legs towards the rear
Korean 뒷다리, 뒷발
- 뒷다리 (dwitdari)either of two legs towards the rear
- 뒷발 (dwitbal)either of two legs towards the rear
Norwegian Bokmål bakbein, bakben
- bakbeineither of two legs towards the rear
- bakbeneither of two legs towards the rear
Polish noga tylna
- noga tylnaeither of two legs towards the rear
Portuguese perna traseira
- perna traseiraeither of two legs towards the rear
Russian за́дняя нога́, за́дняя ла́па
- за́дняя нога́ (zádnjaja nogá)either of two legs towards the rear
- за́дняя ла́па (zádnjaja lápa)either of two legs towards the rear
Scottish Gaelic lurgann
- lurganneither of two legs towards the rear
Swedish bakben
- bakbeneither of two legs towards the rear
Tamil பின்னங்கால்
- பின்னங்கால் (piṉṉaṅkāl)either of two legs towards the rear
Welsh coes ôl
- coes ôleither of two legs towards the rear
Cite this entry
hind leg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hind%20leg
“hind leg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hind%20leg. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hind leg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hind%20leg.
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