Usually means: Rear portion of an animal.
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  1. hindquarter: Merriam-Webster
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  6. hindquarter: Wiktionary
  7. hindquarter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (hindquarter)

noun:  Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
noun:  (in the plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
noun:  (metonymically, derogatory, usually in the plural) Human behind, butt.

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