rock hind

hind¹

(haɪnd)

adj.

situated in the rear or at the back; posterior: the hind legs of an animal.

[1300–50; Middle English hinde; compare Old English hindan (adv.) from behind, at the back, c. Old High German hintana, Gothic hindana; compare behind, hinder²]

syn: See back¹.

hind²

(haɪnd)

n., pl. hinds, (esp. collectively) hind.

1. the female of the European red deer in and after the third year.

2. any of various groupers of the genus Epinephelus, of warm Atlantic seas, as the orange-speckled E. adscensionis (rock hind).

[before 900; Middle English, Old English, c. Middle Dutch hinde, Old High German hinta]

hind³

(haɪnd)

n.

1. a peasant; rustic.

2. Chiefly Scot. a farm laborer.

[before 1000; alter. of Middle English hine (pl.) servants, Old English (Anglian) hīne,hī(g)na, genitive of hīgan (West Saxon hīwan) members of a household; compare hide³]

Hind.

1. Hindu.

2. Hindustan.

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rock hind - found around rocky coasts or on reefs Epinephelus adscensionis Epinephelus, genus Epinephelus - genus of groupers or sea bass hind - any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

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