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hind

/haɪnd/ noun C2
  1. A doe (female deer), especially a red deer at least two years old. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus. (countable, uncountable)

Plural hind

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Then the only other creature who is allowed at the Pack Council--Baloo, the sleepy brown bear who teaches the wolf cubs the Law of the Jungle: old Baloo, who can come and go where he pleases because he eats only nuts and roots and honey--rose upon his hind quarters and grunted.
The Jungle Book, p. 9 · B2
Rikki-tikki felt his eyes growing red and hot (when a mongoose’s eyes grow red, he is angry), and he sat back on his tail and hind legs like a little kangaroo, and looked all round him, and chattered with rage.
The Jungle Book, p. 70 · B2
Its hind-legs moved irregularly and its tail was on the ground.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 60 · B2
I walked into the doctor’s yard this morning, and shot my syringe full of aniseed over the hind wheel.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 122 · C1

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