Short-legged

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having short legs, particularly in proportion to one's body.

    "However, small, deep-bodied, shortlegged cattle have been known in Ireland since Celtic times."

Example

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"Only a male intellect clouded by the sexual drive could call the stunted, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped and short-legged sex the fair sex."

Etymology

From short + legged.

Related phrases

short-leggedness

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