Definition of "hindlimb" [hindlimb]

• Alternative spelling of hind limb. (noun)

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• "This data indicates that pterosaurs were constrained in hindlimb proportions in the same manner that bats are."
• "Except in very rare cases the bones or cartilage of whales and dolphins homologous to pelvic and hindlimb elements are internal or largely so."
• "Others maintain that there might have been a variety of attachments, and that having the hindlimb free of the main wing would have aerodynamic advantages for the large dynamic soarers such as Anhanguera and Pteranodon."