Wiktionary
n. Either of the two legs towards the rear of a four-legged animal.
WordNet
n. the back limb of a quadruped
Usage examples of "hind leg".
But the meso's teeth had already taken a chunk out of its hind leg.
Then the head pulled away, and in the flare of lightning he saw the hind leg lift up.
There's something funny about his hind leg, but that's been done some time and it's more or less healed--or as much as it ever will.
Soon the tracker began to feel fairly confident that the bear had been wounded in his left hind leg, because, as he studied the tracks, it appeared that that limb hardly ever touched the ground.
Saash sat down on the air, lifted a hind leg, and began ostentatiously to wash behind it.
This time the closure was permanent: she bent a hind leg forward, carrying the wad of silk to her mouth.
Khisanth removed a stone from between the talons on her right hind leg, considering Pteros's words.
He turned back to the carcass, noticing now that the hind leg of the animal was powerfully muscled, very different from the foreleg.