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[hahynd] / haɪnd /


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According to a photo from the scene, one appeared to have blood on its hind leg; the other appeared relieved to have its friend back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Measuring between 6-7 inches from head to tail, Tamirkhan had unusually elongated hind limbs that gave it an appearance somewhat like a rabbit.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

He had lost 10% of his body weight and had several of his toes missing on a hind leg, which zoo officials said happened in the wild.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Another of his horses was named in the Guinness Book of Records for the fastest 10-metre dash while on hind legs -- a sprightly 4.19 seconds.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

There was nothing she could do to protect herself, and so she did the only sensible thing left and began to cut off a big, meaty hind leg from the kudu.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

"I'd like to issue former condolences to oliver stark, aisha hinds, angela bassett, and the rest of the 911 cast for having to work with ryan guzman," said another.

From Fox News ● Jun. 1, 2020

“Two hinds graze in our fallow garden,” she continues.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2020

Indeed, it was all around him here in the west Highlands, with herds of hinds and stags roaming the hills, and deer-stalkers in bloodstained tweeds riding by on their quad bikes.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2018

They are especially dangerous during the rutting season in autumn when stags and bucks will fight for the right to breed with the finest hinds.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2015

By the look of them it was a single deer, probably a buck: they don’t pick up their feet as high as hinds do, and Torak saw drag marks in the snow.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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