hindquarters

WORDNET DICTIONARY

hindquarters(n = noun.body) arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

is a kind of body part

is a part of body, torso, trunk

hindquarters(n = noun.animal) croup, croupe, rump - the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks; Array

is a part of bird, quadruped

has particulars: haunch

is a kind of body part

hindquarters, n.

the fleshy part of the human body at the back of the hip, on which a person sits; teh buttocks. [WordNet 1.5]
the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks. [WordNet 1.5]

hindquarters, n.pl. the hind legs and adjoining parts of a quadruped.

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