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leg·ged

(lĕg′ĭd, lĕgd)

adj.

Having a specified kind or number of legs. Often used in combination: long-legged; four-legged.

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legged

(ˈlɛɡɪd; lɛɡd)

adj

a. having a leg or legs

b. (in combination): three-legged; long-legged.

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leg•ged

(ˈlɛg ɪd, lɛgd)

adj.

having a specified number or kind of legs (often used in combination): two-legged; long-legged.

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legged - having legs of a specified kind or number; "four-legged animals"; "a peg-legged man"

legless - not having legs; "a legless man in a wheelchair"

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And Michael, by the dim glows of the pipe surveying the scene of the two old men, one squatted in the dark, the other standing, knew naught of the tragedy of age, and was only aware, and overwhelmingly aware, of the immense likableness of this two- legged white god, who, with fingers of magic, through ear-roots and tail-roots and spinal column, had won to the heart of him.

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And Lerumie, with a side-long look to see if the deed meditated for his foot was screened from observation, aimed a kick at the son of his four- legged enemy.

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The 95-million-year-old fossil snake, dubbed Haasiophis terrasanctus, is a relative of another legged fossil snake--Pachy rhachis problematicus--that some scientists think may be the earliest link between snakes and extinct marine lizards, like mosasaurs (SN: 4/19/97, p.