hindhead

noun

hindhead

noun

Etymology From hind + head.

1

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology The rear part of the head.

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 […]1849, Andrew Smith, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa:

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