Usually means: Rear part of an animal.
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  1. hindquarters: Merriam-Webster
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  6. hindquarters: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. hindquarters: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  11. hindquarters: FreeDictionary.org
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  14. hindquarters: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ noun:  the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks
▸ noun:  the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on


Opposite:
forequarters, front end, anterior

Types:
rump, buttocks, backside, derriere, rear end, more...

Adjectives:
powerful, strong, rat, muscular, broad, weak, heavy, white, massive, large, entire

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Opposite:
forequarters, front end, anterior

Types:
rump, buttocks, backside, derriere, rear end, more...

Adjectives:
powerful, strong, rat, muscular, broad, weak, heavy, white, massive, large, entire




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