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sickle-hocked

American  
[sik-uhl-hokt] / ˈsɪk əlˌhɒkt /

adjective

Veterinary Pathology.

  1. noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.

Etymology

Origin of sickle-hocked

First recorded in 1600–10

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