hindward

[ hahynd-werd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

before 1100; Middle English; Old English hinde-weard (adj.). See hind ¹, -ward

And what he says about the pruriently titillating convexities, whether frontward or hindward, suggests a little prudery.

Vertex luteous, black hindward; femora with testaceous tips; bands of the wings partly connected.

Thorax with a slight luteous band in front, and another hindward.

Fore wings with the band much broader, hardly straightened hindward, and ending very near the interior border.

Thorax with two luteous bands in front, and with a luteous spot hindward.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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