hind

Examples

• All

• He was excited to spot a hind swimming gracefully in the clear waters.

• This fat, shaggy, fast-flying bee carries pollen back to the nest on its fuzzy hind legs, she says, and can be heard buzz-pollinating blueberries.

  Academic text (1994)

• At one time, charros also had to lasso and mount the broncs they were to ride, whereas roping teams snared the bulls by the head and hind legs and held them for the riders.

  Academic text (1994)

• As in rodeo team roping, the goal is to secure both the head and hind legs of the animal and stretch it out in the arena; however, in charreada, speed is not the point—ropers have eight minutes to complete their throws.

  Academic text (1994)

• The fisherman caught a beautiful hind while fishing near the coral reef.

Synonyms

S

sea bass

vshind

6 3.0

Firm white meat from saltwater fish that people eat

is the actual spotted fish type rather than its flesh

G

grouper

vshind

5 7.2

A large heavy fish that lives alone near the bottom of warm seas

is a spotted specific member of the same family resembling that fish

E

Epinephelus

vshind

• Specialized

9.9

A group of large sea fish like groupers that live in warm oceans worldwide

is a spotted species that resembles members of that genus

Idioms

O

on its hind legs

3 3.4

An animal that stands on its back legs to see or reach something

Compounds

H

hind leg

14 1.0

A back leg on a four-legged animal that helps it walk or jump

H

hind end

• Informal

2 3.2

The part at the back of the body that you sit on

H

hind limb

1 3.2

A back leg on an animal that helps it walk or jump

R

rock hind

• Specialized

9.9

A spotted sea fish that lives near rocky reefs in the Atlantic

Surface Forms

Etymology