hindhead

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English

Etymology

From hind +‎ head.

Noun

hindhead (plural hindheads)

  1. (zoology) The rear part of the head.
    • 1849, Andrew Smith, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa:
      Top of the head pale yellowish brown, variously variegated,—across the hindhead there extends a narrow reddish brown line, and another of the same tint is observed between the eyes []