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five-legged

five-legged adjective: having five legs.

Adjective

five-legged (not comparable)

  1. Having five legs.

Forms of five-legged

alternative formfivelegged

Origin of five-legged

From five + legged.

Questions about five-legged

What does five-legged mean?
Five-legged means having five legs.
What part of speech is five-legged?
Five-legged is an adjective.

Words near five-legged in the dictionary

  1. five-hundredth
  2. five-hundredths
  3. five-in-a-row
  4. five-knuckle shuffle
  5. five-leaved ivy
  6. five-legged
  7. five-minute hypothesis
  8. five-nine
  9. five-nines
  10. five-o
  11. five-o'clock shadow

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