'hindlimb' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to refer to the posterior limb of animals, generally located behind the thorax or abdomen. For example, "The fawn had a deformed hindlimb, causing it difficulty in walking."
The upper (proximal) segments, the humerus of the forelimb and the femur of the hindlimb, have remained short.
In contrast the lower (distal) parts, consisting of an anterior radius and posterior ulna in the forelimb and an anterior tibia and posterior fibula in the hindlimb, have become longer and slimmer.
In the hindlimb, the fibula became reduced in similar fashion.
Limb buds may be transplanted into various positions on the body or on the head and there develop into clearly recognizable limbs, conforming to their origin, whether a forelimb or hindlimb, a wing or a leg in birds.
Metatarsal, any of several tubular bones between the ankle (tarsal) bones and each of the hindlimb digits, in land vertebrates corresponding to the metacarpal bones of the hand (forepaw).
Many aquatic species resemble their terrestrial relatives in body form, but the aquatic genera Siren and Pseudobranchus lack hindlimbs, and Amphiuma has an extremely elongated body, short tail, and diminutive legs; several cave-dwelling forms (Proteus, Haideotriton, Typhlomolge) are blind and almost without pigment.
The proximal end of the stout femur has a third projection, or trochanter, in addition to the usual mammalian two, which serves as an additional point of attachment for the large locomotory muscles of the hindlimbs.
In higher vertebrates, the accumulation of mesodermal cells and the thickening of the epidermis occur along the entire length of the trunk, from neck to anus, but in the middle of the trunk they soon disappear, and only the most anterior and the most posterior sections develop further into the rudiments of the forelimbs and hindlimbs, respectively.
They have short forelimbs, long hindlimbs, and a long, bushy tail.
In the European midwife toad the male rather than the female carries the sticky eggs on its hindlimbs.
