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The joint in the hind leg of a quadruped between the tibia and the metatarsus or cannon-bone, the angle of which points backward; the hock.
The joint in the hinder leg of a quadruped between the true knee and the fetlock, the angle of which points backward.
? The hock of a quadruped. Obsolete.