Legged

/ˈlɛɡɪd/ · adjective

Meaning

(in combination) Having legs of a certain specified type or number..

Definitions by Sense

1. (in combination) Having legs of a certain specified type or number.
2. Having legs; provided with legs.
3. Wounded in the leg, especially as part of a hunt.
4. (in combinations) Someone or something having a certain number or type of legs
5. simple past and past participle of leg

Example Sentences

Many of the big African spiders are hairy-legged.

Giraffes are the longest-legged animals.

The maltster, after having lain down in his clothes for a few hours, was now sitting beside a three-legged table, breakfasting off bread and bacon.

A robot which runs at a speed of over 29mph has set a new land-speed record for legged robots.

Farther west in the Carabobo-Aragua region Kidder has been able to establish some culture succession and he reports several legged vessels.

DARPA is supporting several legged vehicle programs at Carnegie-Mellon and Ohio State Universities

Beginning with his hopping robots at the MIT Leg Lab (Raibert, 1986), Marc Raibert has advanced the state of the art in legged robot control for practical application.

Spring guns and man traps have been set for me, and I am legged!

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