hind foot

collocation in English

meaningsofhindandfoot

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hind
adjective[before noun]
uk
/haɪnd/us
/haɪnd/
at the back of an ...
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foot
noun
uk
/fʊt/us
/fʊt/
the part of the body at the bottom of the leg on which a person or ...
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(Definition ofhindandfootfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Other variables (average temperature, three-month precipitation,hindfootlength) were not significantly correlated with questing height.
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As previously, voles at site 1 also showed greaterhindfootasymmetry.
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Therefore, the questing height of ticks in the laboratory as well as in the field covaried with thehindfootlength of deer.
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Also, the virtual plane is made between the fore andhindfootin the double support phase.
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Some aspects of site-related parasite intensity were associated with asymmetry in adrenal gland weight andhindfootlength, which may have reflected developmental effects on glucocorticoid activity.
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In the model, the questing height of ticks in the field tended to be higher as the height of the plants andhindfootlength of deer increased.
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The interesting thing about corns is that as far as the human being is concerned they are always upon thehindfoot; you never have them upon the hand.
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Of the postcranial skeleton, bones from all areas of the body are represented, except thehindfoot.
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It is commonly distinguished by a dark upper edge of thehindfootnear the ankle.
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Both the forefoot and thehindfoothave five digits, all armed with claws except the thumb, which has a short, blunt nail.
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This ankylosaurid had five toes on the forefoot and four on thehindfoot.
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Terrible claw refers to the unusually large, sickle-shaped talon on the second toe of eachhindfoot.
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The feet are large with five digits, only the opposable digit on eachhindfootis without claws.
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The first digit on thehindfootis clawless and opposable.
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The tapir is a special case, having three toes on eachhindfootand four toes on each front foot.
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The first four digits of thehindfoot, or pes, are clawed.
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The stripe down thehindfootis also a major characteristic.
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His front legs are straight and parallel, while his proper lefthindfootis in front of his proper right leg.
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He is known and named for his habit of thumping his lefthindfoot.
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