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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
hindquarters \hindquarters\ n.
1. the fleshy part of the human body at the back of the hip, on which a person sits; teh buttocks.
Syn: buttocks, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass. [WordNet 1.5]
2. the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.
Syn: croup, croupe, rump. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hindquarters
noun
1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates}, {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can}, {fundament}, {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]
2: the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks [syn: {croup}, {croupe}, {rump}]
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