hind

as in rear
being at or in the part of something opposite the front part the frog's long hind legs the hawk's reddish hind feathers

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Adjective
  • Some mechanisms deliver power to either your bicycle’s rear or front hub.
    Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Wired News, 20 June 2025
  • Walker pitched the idea, rallied support for it and volunteered over 100 hours of labor to create the library, a self-service kiosk that stands outside across from Casa de Mañana’s rear entrance on Coast Boulevard South.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • The triceps is a muscle that originates on the back part of your arm and coalesces to form a broad tendon that attaches to the back part of your elbow.
    Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
  • The firm provides outsourced customer care and back office services to large enterprises, which investors believe will be displaced by generative AI being deployed directly by its customers.
    Ganesh Rao,Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 19 June 2025
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“Hind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hind. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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