Hind
noun
A female red deer.
We spotted a hind with her fawn in the woods today.
Often appears as...
- hind and fawn
- hind sighting
adjective
Situated at the back.
The hind legs of a rabbit are stronger and bigger than the front ones.
Often appears as...
- hind legs
- hind quarters
noun
A female servant, especially in a rural household.
In former times, a hind would do the domestic chores in the house.
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A skilled farm worker.
The hinds were taking care of the sheep grazing in the field.
Often appears as...
- farming hind
- head hind
noun
A female red deer.
We spotted a hind with her fawn in the woods today.
Often appears as...
- hind and fawn
- hind sighting
adjective
Situated at the back.
The hind legs of a rabbit are stronger and bigger than the front ones.
Often appears as...
- hind legs
- hind quarters
noun
A female servant, especially in a rural household.
In former times, a hind would do the domestic chores in the house.
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A skilled farm worker.
The hinds were taking care of the sheep grazing in the field.
Often appears as...
- farming hind
- head hind
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
Refers exclusively to female red deer, not males.
The hind grazed peacefully, unaware of the watchers.
Pro Tip 2/3Nature Context
Used more in wildlife and nature discussions or observations.
A quiet hike may reward you with a hind sighting.
Pro Tip 3/3Wildlife Observation
Common term in animal behavior studies and nature documentaries.
Observers noted the hind's protective behavior towards her fawn.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
Refers exclusively to female red deer, not males.
The hind grazed peacefully, unaware of the watchers.
Pro Tip 2/3Nature Context
Used more in wildlife and nature discussions or observations.
A quiet hike may reward you with a hind sighting.
Pro Tip 3/3Wildlife Observation
Common term in animal behavior studies and nature documentaries.
Observers noted the hind's protective behavior towards her fawn.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
Refers exclusively to female red deer, not males.
The hind grazed peacefully, unaware of the watchers.
Pro Tip 2/3Nature Context
Used more in wildlife and nature discussions or observations.
A quiet hike may reward you with a hind sighting.
Pro Tip 3/3Wildlife Observation
Common term in animal behavior studies and nature documentaries.
Observers noted the hind's protective behavior towards her fawn.
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
skeletal elements found in the fore limbs of land mammals they're comical stubbornness doesn't just make them great scratching aids but allows the flippers to conform to their bodies significantly reducing underwater drag powerful webbed hind flippers propel and steer them through the water large oily
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The Strange Tail of...
that was that we did not have a plausible mode of locomotion for this animal you know we kind of said well maybe it's kind of paddling with its hind feet but essentially we didn't have a motor that would move this thing through the water you know what
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It's not fair having 12...
I had woven carbon fiber sprinting legs modeled after the hind leg of a cheetah, which you may have seen on stage yesterday. And also these very life-like, intrinsically painted silicone legs. So at the time, it was my opportunity to put a call out
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Water Holding Frogs PIPE...
plastic water bottles to help but not this critic then the water holding frog burrows into the soggy earth to a depth of more than three feet come on admit it you'd need a shovel to do that not just your hind legs and here's where the Frog
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A year in the life of...
Two males also occupy this area and, soon enough, they begin competing for her affections. Each has spurs on its hind legs containing a potent snake-like venom. One male fights the other off and courts the female over several weeks,
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Anaconda Breeding Ball PIPE...
smallest the one that gets there first lasts scientists aren't really sure but it just may be the one that tickles her the best the male is using what's called his mating sperm the last vestige of what was a hind laid in his lizard
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Paralyzed Rats Walk...
robotic system were able to take steps on solid ground with their hind legs and eventually sprint and climb stairs and what we observe is that over time the animal regains the capacity to perform one two steps and then long run and
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Otters Have a Favourite...
dark patches actually help the meerkats see better and therefore stay safe in the group one meerkat will always have the Rolla century this is when one group member will stand on their hind legs
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
elephant approach and scratching his hind feet with Chris inside so there scary moments when you do this fieldwork but if that's the price of admission you have to pay to enter their world we
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Elephants Mourning PIPE...
after this they touch the bones with their hind feet scientists who have studied elephant behavior are certain that elephants experience deep emotions and have some understanding about death
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
skeletal elements found in the fore limbs of land mammals they're comical stubbornness doesn't just make them great scratching aids but allows the flippers to conform to their bodies significantly reducing underwater drag powerful webbed hind flippers propel and steer them through the water large oily
Video examples
The Strange Tail of...
that was that we did not have a plausible mode of locomotion for this animal you know we kind of said well maybe it's kind of paddling with its hind feet but essentially we didn't have a motor that would move this thing through the water you know what
Video examples
It's not fair having 12...
I had woven carbon fiber sprinting legs modeled after the hind leg of a cheetah, which you may have seen on stage yesterday. And also these very life-like, intrinsically painted silicone legs. So at the time, it was my opportunity to put a call out
Video examples
Water Holding Frogs PIPE...
plastic water bottles to help but not this critic then the water holding frog burrows into the soggy earth to a depth of more than three feet come on admit it you'd need a shovel to do that not just your hind legs and here's where the Frog
Video examples
A year in the life of...
Two males also occupy this area and, soon enough, they begin competing for her affections. Each has spurs on its hind legs containing a potent snake-like venom. One male fights the other off and courts the female over several weeks,
Video examples
Anaconda Breeding Ball PIPE...
smallest the one that gets there first lasts scientists aren't really sure but it just may be the one that tickles her the best the male is using what's called his mating sperm the last vestige of what was a hind laid in his lizard
Video examples
Paralyzed Rats Walk...
robotic system were able to take steps on solid ground with their hind legs and eventually sprint and climb stairs and what we observe is that over time the animal regains the capacity to perform one two steps and then long run and
Video examples
Otters Have a Favourite...
dark patches actually help the meerkats see better and therefore stay safe in the group one meerkat will always have the Rolla century this is when one group member will stand on their hind legs
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
elephant approach and scratching his hind feet with Chris inside so there scary moments when you do this fieldwork but if that's the price of admission you have to pay to enter their world we
Video examples
Elephants Mourning PIPE...
after this they touch the bones with their hind feet scientists who have studied elephant behavior are certain that elephants experience deep emotions and have some understanding about death
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Quote examples
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch Scientist
I now found that the spider cannot fix its thread to anything without imprinting the hind part of its body on the place, by which pressure it emits an incredible number of excessively small threads diverging in every direction from whence we may conclude that as soon as the threads are exposed to the air, they lose their viscosity or gluey quality.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
Why did humans lose their body hair? Why did they start walking on their hind legs? Why did they develop big brains? I think that the answer to all three questions is sexual selection.
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Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
Anger is one of those emotions that doesn't follow the letter of the law. It speaks before it thinks. It rears up on its hind legs and charges.
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Dick Strawbridge
British Entertainer
My old man used to say that I would argue the hind leg of a donkey. If I didn't agree with something, I wasn't prepared to accept it.
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John Gavin
American Actor
There was no studio system to let me work my way up through small roles. When I got up on my hind legs, no one would believe it.
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Red Adair
American Celebrity
Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
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Bob Baffert
American Celebrity
Following the Santa Anita Derby, Medina Spirit developed dermatitis on his hind end.
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch Scientist
I now found that the spider cannot fix its thread to anything without imprinting the hind part of its body on the place, by which pressure it emits an incredible number of excessively small threads diverging in every direction from whence we may conclude that as soon as the threads are exposed to the air, they lose their viscosity or gluey quality.
Quote examples
Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
Why did humans lose their body hair? Why did they start walking on their hind legs? Why did they develop big brains? I think that the answer to all three questions is sexual selection.
Quote examples
Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
Anger is one of those emotions that doesn't follow the letter of the law. It speaks before it thinks. It rears up on its hind legs and charges.
Quote examples
Dick Strawbridge
British Entertainer
My old man used to say that I would argue the hind leg of a donkey. If I didn't agree with something, I wasn't prepared to accept it.
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John Gavin
American Actor
There was no studio system to let me work my way up through small roles. When I got up on my hind legs, no one would believe it.
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Red Adair
American Celebrity
Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
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Bob Baffert
American Celebrity
Following the Santa Anita Derby, Medina Spirit developed dermatitis on his hind end.
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