HINDFOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hindfoot mean? 

• HINDFOOT (noun)
  The noun HINDFOOT has 1 sense:

1. a rear foot of a quadruped

  Familiarity information: HINDFOOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HINDFOOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rear foot of a quadruped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hindfoot" is a kind of...):

animal foot; foot (the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings)

Holonyms ("hindfoot" is a part of...):

quadruped (an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking)