hindermost
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Here a silken carpet is spun as before described; but the caterpillar, instead of clinging with all its claspers, suspends itself in a vertical position by its hindermost pair only.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux
Larkin, in the top flight with Major Cowan, had taken up position as the hindermost plane in the group and had, therefore, the greatest altitude.
From Aces Up by Covington Clarke
Proud of his long limbs and of his stately antlers, he led them all down the hill, running back now and then to urge the hindermost ones into line.
From Wigwam Evenings Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Edwin Willard Deming
And between the hindermost and the squamosal there is an intervening bar of bone, unknown among mammalia, which moves upon the skull by a joint, just as the lower jaw moves upon it.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
He was running his life on a different motor from the motor which moved Harvey; the town was moving after a centripetal force–every one was for himself, and the devil was entitled to the hindermost.
From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White