While Major was speaking four large rats had crept out of their holes and were sitting on their hindquarters, listening to him.
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Hindquarter
//ˈhaɪndˌk(w)ɔɹtɚ//
Synonyms for "hindquarter"
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24 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَالِيَة noun (hind leg of a quadruped)
Armenian
1 entries- բուդ noun (hind leg of a quadruped)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бут noun (rear half of a side of an animal)
Dutch
4 entries- achtereinde noun (rear half of a side of an animal)
- achtereinde noun (hind leg of a quadruped)
- achtereinde noun (human behind)
- achterhand noun (rear half of a side of an animal)
Finnish
3 entries- ahteri noun (human behind)
- takajalka noun (hind leg of a quadruped)
- takaneljännes noun (rear half of a side of an animal)
German
2 entries- Hinterhand noun (hind leg of a quadruped)
- Hinterteil noun (human behind)
Hungarian
1 entries- farhát noun (rear half of a side of an animal)
Irish
2 entries- ceathrú deiridh noun (rear half of a side of an animal)
- ceathrú deiridh noun (hind leg of a quadruped)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- akterende noun (human behind)
- akterspeil noun (human behind)
Swedish
2 entries- bakbog noun (rear half of a side of an animal)
- bakfjärding noun (rear half of a side of an animal)
Tagalog
2 entries- pamahuli noun (rear half of a side of an animal)
- pamahuli noun (hind leg of a quadruped)
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