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That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen.

A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.

Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.

Situated behind, or posterior to, the anus.

Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb.

Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.

Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.

Back; being behind; private. "The postern door." Dryden.

Situated behind the frontal bone or the frontal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontal in many animals. -- n.

Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.

Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth.

Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles. -- n.

Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones.

To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance. All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. Locke.

The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.

The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of the stage of a theater.

The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

ing two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this. Blackstone.

nts including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also Proteroglyphia.