hind leg vs hoof

hind leg

noun
  • Either of the two legs towards the rear of a four-legged animal. 

hoof

noun
  • The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering. 

  • The human foot. 

verb
  • To trample with hooves. 

  • To dance, especially as a professional. 

  • To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy. 

  • To walk. 

How often have the words hind leg and hoof occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )