Meaning

3 senses

  1. (in compounds, not comparable)Having legs of a certain specified type or number.

    Many of the big African spiders are hairy-legged.

    Giraffes are the longest-legged animals.

    having legs of a specified kind or number

  2. (not comparable)Having legs; provided with legs.

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

  3. (not comparable)Wounded in the leg, especially as part of a hunt.

Origin

From Middle English legged, leggyd, equivalent to leg (“noun”) + -ed.

From Middle English legged, leggyd, equivalent to leg (“noun”) + -ed.

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Antonyms

1 antonyms
legless

Word family

37 related words
Derivedblack-legged kittiwakeblack-legged tickeight-legged essayfeather-legged bugfour-legged emmetfour-legged friendfrog-legged beetlegrey-legged tinamouleggednesslong-legged buzzardlong-legged flyred-legged cormorantred-legged partridgered-legged tinamourough-legged buzzardrough-legged hawkslaty-legged crakespindle-leggedsplay-leggedstout-legged moathousand-legged wormthread-legged bugthree-legged marethree-legged race

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
legendB2legendaryB2legginglegiblelegionC2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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