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hind

UK/haɪnd/ US/ˈhaɪnd/ fairly common
noun (2) adjective (1)

noun

1.

any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

2.

adjective

1.

located at or near the back of an animal

  • “back (or hind) legs”
  • “the hinder part of a carcass”
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From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan (“at the rear, from behind”), Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”).

Phrases

  • hind claw
  • hind leg
  • hind limb
  • hind quarters
  • hind teat
  • hind tit
  • hind wing
  • red hind
  • suck hind tit

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