red hind

American

[hahynd] / haɪnd /

noun

a grouper, Epinephelus guttatus, of Florida, the West Indies, etc., valued as a food fish.

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red hind

The adult has a greenish protective colouring, brown and green banded thighs, bright red hind wings, seen only during flight.

From The Naturalist in La Plata by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

A great red hind crossed me, and I let her go, though I had an arrow on the string, and had aimed.

From A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler

Then she stood for a while stroking the red hind, while all the herd watched her.

From The Forest Lovers by Maurice Henry Hewlett

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