Hindquarter

Definitions

1. Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
2. The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
   in-plural
3. Human behind, butt.
   derogatory, metonymically, plural-normally

Equivalents

Examples

“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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