what is a feline hock?
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Hock (anatomy) Hock (anatomy) Diagram showing the location of the hock. The hock, or gambrel, is the joint between the tarsal bones and tibia of a digitigrade or unguligrade quadrupedal mammal, such as a horse, cat, or dog.
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Mink Control Mink Facts. Identification. The mink (Mustela vison) is a member of the weasel family. It is about 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) in length, including the somewhat bushy 5- to 7-inch (13- to 18-cm) tail, and weighs 1 1/2 to 3 pounds (0.7 to 1.4 kg). Females are about three-fourths the size of males.
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HOUSE MICE Fig. 1 House mouse, Mus musculus. The house mouse (Mus musculus, Fig. 1) is a small, slender rodent that has a slightly pointed nose; small, black, somewhat protruding eyes; large, sparsely haired ears; and a nearly hairless tail with obvious scale rings.
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- › Possessions that are in hock are pawned (= left temporarily with a person in exchange for an amount of money that must be paid back after a limited time to prevent the thing from being sold): Most of her jewellery is in hock.
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Cat This article is about the cat species that is commonly kept as a pet. For the cat family, see Felidae. For other uses, see Cat (disambiguation) and Cats (disambiguation). The domestic cat (Latin: Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal. They are often called house cats when kept as indoor pets or simply cats when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids and felines. Cats are often valued by humans for companionship and for their ability to hunt vermin.
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- Headline Clickable. Ham hock is the lower hind leg of a hog, and you'll usually find it cured, smoked, or both. Most commonly, it's used to add smoky, salty flavor to soups and stews.
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The World; How Many People Has Hussein Killed? Stalin killed 20 million of his own people, historians have concluded. Even on a proportional basis, his crimes far surpass Mr. Hussein's, but figures of a million dead Iraqis, in war and through terror, may not be far from the mark, in a country of 22 million people.
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- Ham Hock vs. Ham Shank — 31 Comments. 1  Hmmm. Even though I live in the South, those strange gnarled ham pieces still scare me a little! 2  Check a site I found called askthemeatman.com —- according to that site, the hock and shank are one in the same. Having grown up in the south (E. 3  Please, please tell us where in Seattle you found ham shanks!!!
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Cat The domestic cat (Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus) is a small, usually furry, domesticated, and carnivorous mammal. They are often called housecats when kept as indoor pets or simply cats when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids and felines. Cats are often valued by humans for companionship and their ability to hunt vermin.
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House mouse House mouse. The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail. It is one of the most numerous species of the genus Mus.
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Where are a cat's hocks? The cat's hocks are the joints that connect the lower part of the legs with the bones of the feet (paws) other than the paws themselves. These bones are called the tarsal bones. The bones of the lower leg are the fibula and tibia. The cat walks on his or her toes - a digitigrade. The tarsals are long and the toes short in a cat.
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House mouse The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail. It is one of the most numerous species of the genus Mus. Although a wild animal, the house mouse mainly lives in association with humans.
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The Nasty Bits: Ham Hock The Germans are very fond of hock, which is more often than not called pork knuckle on their menus (and some Chinese menus, too). You can go any which way in terms of what sides you prepare to serve with your hock, but I often sauté cabbage with a little balsamic vinegar.
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Horse Hock Health The hock is one of the most complex and hardest-worked joints in the horse's body, so it must be strong and sturdy to avoid injury. Much of what we ask our horses to do, whether high-performance dressage, reining, jumping, or simply going up and down hills on trail rides, requires strong and well-functioning hocks.In this article we'll examine hock conformation, injury, ways to counteract.uch of what we ask our horses to do, whether high-performance dressage, reining, jumping, or simply going up and down hills on trail rides, requires strong and well-functioning hocks. In this article we'll examine hock conformation, injury, ways to counteract.
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- Pork Hocks - [#417 (shoulder) #417A (ham); Pig Knuckle (GB); Schweinhaxen, Eisbein (German)] This is simply the lower shank of the leg between the ham and the foot (aft leg) or the shoulder and the foot (fore leg). It has much more meat and much more fat than the foot, but the meat is tougher and with a lot more connective tissue in it compared to the ham or shoulder. Photo © cg1.
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The Equine Hock: What Horse Owners Should Know The “hock” is a horseman’s term for the tarsus, an anatomic region of the horse’s hind limb. Horses of all breeds, types, and disciplines can suffer from hock-related lameness problems, especially those that work heavily off of their hind limbs.he “hock” is a horseman’s term for the tarsus, an anatomic region of the horse’s hind limb. Horses of all breeds, types, and disciplines can suffer from hock-related lameness problems, especially those that work heavily off of their hind limbs.
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Ham hock It is often added to soups with the meat being added to the soup prior to serving. The meat of particularly meaty hocks may be removed and served as is. Ham hocks, like hog jowls (pigs' cheeks), add a distinctive flavor to various dishes.
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hock 1. a: the tarsal joint or region in the hind limb of a digitigrade quadruped (as the horse) corresponding to the human ankle but elevated and bending backward — see horse illustration b: a joint of a fowl's leg that corresponds to the hock of a quadruped.2.: the tarsal joint or region in the hind limb of a digitigrade quadruped (as the horse) corresponding to the human ankle but elevated and bending backward — see horse illustration b: a joint of a fowl's leg that corresponds to the hock of a quadruped. 2.
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Cat The domestic cat (Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus) is a small, usually furry, domesticated, and carnivorous mammal. They are often called housecats when kept as indoor pets or simply cats when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids and felines.he domestic cat was first classified as Felis catus by Carolus Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae published in 1758. Because of modern phylogenetics, domestic cats are usually regarded as another subspecies of the wildcat, F. silvestris.
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Claw A domestic cat's retractable claw in protracted position. A claw is a curved, pointed appendage, found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles and spiders have somewhat similar fine hooked structures at the end of the leg or tarsus for gripping a surface as the creature walks.
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Cat The domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus or Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal. They are often called house cats when kept as indoor pets or simply cats when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids and felines. They are often valued by humans for companionship and for their ability to hunt vermin.
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The Breslin Pig Foot Cut the hock from the trotter at the joint using a meat cleaver. You are removing the hock from the foot, the forearm from the wrist, as it were. Pig's skin trimmed and peeled away from the hock. You will need to use the meat around the hock for the cotechino farce (stuffing).
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The Equine Hock: What Horse Owners Should Know The “hock” is a horseman’s term for the tarsus, an anatomic region of the horse’s hind limb. Horses of all breeds, types, and disciplines can suffer from hock-related lameness problems, especially those that work heavily off of their hind limbs.
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Definition of 'cat' Also called domestic cat. a small domesticated feline mammal, Felis catus (or domesticus), having thick soft fur and occurring in many breeds in which the colour of the fur varies greatly: kept as a pet or to catch rats and mice. 2. Also called big cat.
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Cat The domestic cat (Latin: Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal. They are often called house cats when kept as indoor pets or simply cats when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids and felines. Cats are often valued by humans for companionship and for their ability to hunt vermin.
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- A ham hock is a thick cut of pork that comes from a pig's leg, from the area between the ham and the foot. You almost always buy ham hocks cured and smoked. This cut of meat can be cooked in a variety of ways, but here are a few of the most common. Makes 1 to 2 servings.