hock 'häk n the joint or region of the joint that unites the tarsal bones in the hind limb of a digitigrade quadruped (as the horse) and that corresponds to the human ankle but is elevated and bends backward
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(hok) the tarsal joint or region of the tarsus in the hind leg of a quadruped. Called also ankle and hock joint.Medical dictionary. 2011.