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Hindquarter
//ˈhaɪndˌk(w)ɔɹtɚ// noun
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Noun
- 1 Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
- 2 the back half of a side of meat wordnet
- 3 The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment. in-plural
"While Major was speaking four large rats had crept out of their holes and were sitting on their hindquarters, listening to him."
- 4 Human behind, butt. derogatory, metonymically, plural-normally
Etymology
From hind + quarter.
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