hind leg - the back limb of a quadrupedquadruped - an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking hock - tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle gaskin - lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle stifle, knee - joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee hind limb - a posterior leg or homologous structure in other animals |