What is "hind limbs"

Usage examples of "hind limbs".

It had big hind limbs, clearly visible ribs suspended from its spine, and short forearms, folded before its chest.

It was built on the basic carnivore pattern, with a heavy tail, strong hind limbs, and a long neck.

When it reached its full height, it stood erect on hind limbs, its feet webbed and flat.

The figure was posed erect on two slender hind limbs, both of which terminated in feet of long, narrow, widely separated, clawed digits.

Despite her faint resemblance to a kangaroo, Frankie did not hop, but walked on her hind limbs with ballerina grace, using the long, flexible tail as a balance, much as Stiletto did.

But soon one line of aves had grown too large to escape through the air, and while its light-boned, light-brained cousins ascended ever higher into the sky and pumped their expanding front wings and let the hind wings shrivel into claws, this nether line planted its hind limbs firmly in the dread earth and discarded flight.