At last, one day, he kicked out the two hind ones, and after that was never tired of displaying his new swimming powers.

Their legs vary from genus to genus but the front and middle ones are always much shorter than the hind ones.

"And is that true, Ivar, about the head ducks falling back when they are tired, and the hind ones taking their place?"

Its front legs were somewhat longer than the hind ones and at least twice as stout as those of a draft horse.

So they are," replied his cousin; "only thin skins, stretched along the sides from the fore legs to the hind ones.

These are profusely hairy dogs having an elongated body with front legs shorter than the hind ones, dropping ears and curly tails.

I think the hind ones are the most unsatisfactory; the front ones are well enough, though it would be better if they were rights and lefts.

She could even see level in front of her, by standing on her forelegs while kneeling on the hind ones.

Its front legs were longer than its hind ones and its back sloped upward to the top of its head, about fifteen feet.

Its forelimbs were more developed than the hind ones, which suggests that the front fins did the steering while the tail did the propelling.