four-legged

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four-legged

  • /fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd/
  • /ˈfɔː(ɹ)lɛɡd/

Rhymes with (noun) -ɛɡɪd

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From four + legged.

adjective fourlegged

  1. not comparable Having four legs.

noun four-leggeds · fourlegged

  1. An animal that has four legs. The four-leggeds blamed the cleansing on the humans, and decided to destroy all two-leggeds.

    Similar: quadruped, tetrapod

  2. An intersection where two roads cross. 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.

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adj having four legs

Portuguêsquadrúpede
Françaisquadrupède, tétrapode, à quatre pattes
Deutschvierbeinig, vierfüßig
Русскийчетвероно́гий četveronógij

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@misc{four_legged_2026,
  title = {four-legged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/four-legged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}