Four-legged
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Four-legged is an adjective meaning Having four legs.
Meaning
Having four legs.
More Meanings
- An animal that walks on four legs.
- An intersection where two roads cross.
Example Sentences
The four-leggeds blamed the cleansing on the humans, and decided to destroy all two-leggeds.
We were talking about how Catolicos seemed to not see the one-leggeds and four-leggeds as sacred.
It was a serious race, for the two-leggeds—human beings and birds—were racing the four-leggeds to determine which should feed the others.
With respect to hazard rating, an opposite and possibly inconsistent explanation might be offered: It may be that drivers underestimate roadside hazards at three-leggeds and relatively speaking overestimate them at four-leggeds.
Word Forms
- fourlegged
- four-leggeds
Synonyms for four-legged
Depending on context, synonyms include quadruped, quadrupedal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include four-footed, tetrapous, fourfooted, two-footed, four-wheel, two-legged.
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