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A projection like a cushion bearing a tuft of long hair on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals.

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  • Hope was born July 11 with hyperextended fetlocks, meaning each rear foot was folded back to the lower leg.
  • Their fetlocks run with blood; and, when they bound,
  • A black fog formed around our horses 'fetlocks as we did.
  • They sank above the fetlocks at every step in the soft snow.
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