HINDLIMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hindlimb mean? 

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

1. a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HINDLIMB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hind limb; hindlimb

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

limb (one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hindlimb"):

hind leg (the back limb of a quadruped)

 Context examples 

Scientists have designed a device for testing 'electroceuticals,' or cell-stimulating therapies with induce partial hindlimb regeneration in adult aquatic African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) by 'kick-starting' tissue repair at the amputation site.

(Scientists Help Frogs to Regenerate Their Limbs with Bioreactor Device, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)