Four-legged

//fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An animal that walks on four legs.

    "The four-leggeds blamed the cleansing on the humans, and decided to destroy all two-leggeds."

  2. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having four legs. not-comparable

Synonyms

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foursquarequadrilateralquadrupedquadrupedalquaternary

Example

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"The elephant is the bulkiest of all four-legged animals."

Etymology

From four + legged.

Related phrases

four-legged friend

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