hindermost

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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 Deming, Edwin Willard

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 White, William Allen

The larv� are generally to be distinguished by a couple of little horns on one or more of the hindermost segments, and in most cases they pupate beneath the surface of the soil.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.

The hindermost specimens of tail vertebræ observed have the neural arch preserved to the end, as among reptiles; whereas in mammals this arch becomes lost towards the end of the tail.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

"Their eggs upon a heap of straw, Then loitering hindermost, the more."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various