The hock is the joint on the hind leg of an animal that is equivalent to our heel when we stand on our tippy toes.
A cow's ankle is commonly referred to as the hock.
the hock
The hock of a cow is the joint between the the tibia, the tarsal bones and the metatarsals. Visually, it is the joint approximately half way down the back leg of the cow that forms a sharp point facing towards the tail.
Hock (wine), a type of wine; Hock (zoology), part of an animal's leg; Ham hock, the end of a smoked ham. OR Hock; a part of a horse. A hock is a joint made up of many smaller bones. The strength of the hocks are very important as this is the most active joint in the horse hind legs. Poorly conformed hocks may make the horse susceptible to break down if the horse is worked very hard. the part on a chicken at the top of its head that is red
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yes! A ham hock comes from the leg area of a pig
Just part of it
Cow is a noun.
Jonathan Hock's birth name is Jonathan Richard Hock.
Gaskins is the lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle.
Hock, lime and lemon is an drink made in the UK and Australia. Hock is a white wine.
It is called a capped hock. A horse's hock is the same as a human ankle. Most likely if your horse has a large bump on the top of its hock, it has been injured in some way. On a horse that has not been injured there should be what appears as a small bump on the back of their hock, this is called the point of the hock. I would suggest consulting your vet about any bumps you find on the front of a horse's hock.