hindlegs
Back pair walking
The hindlegs are the rear pair of legs on a four-legged animal, as distinguished from the forelegs.
Dogs and horses rear up on their hindlegs.
Bears stand on their hindlegs to appear larger.
The cat stretched its hindlegs after a long nap.
Also spelled as two words: hind legs.
Upper leg bone
Swiftest quadruped gait
- trotPace between walk, canter
- canterModerate equine gait
- leapSudden springing movement
- springRecoiling metal spiral
bound · pounce · kick · propel · thrust · jump · hop · sprint
femur
Upper leg bone
thigh · knee · hock · stifle · pastern · hoof · paw · haunch · rump · hindquarters
gallop
Swiftest quadruped gait
spring · bound · pounce · kick · propel · thrust · jump · hop · sprint · lunge
quadruped
Four-limbed walker
feline · canine · equine · bovine · rabbit · kangaroo · frog · grasshopper · predator · prey
standing
Position, physical or social
squatting · begging · upright · balance · support · perching · bracing · rising · kicking · defensive