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forty-legs

forty-legs is the alternative form of forty legs.

Meaning of forty legs

Noun

forty legs (uncountable)

  1. A centipede.

Questions about forty-legs

What is forty-legs the alternative form of?
Forty-legs is the alternative form of forty legs.

Words near forty-legs in the dictionary

  1. forty-four
  2. forty-fours
  3. forty-fourth
  4. forty-fourths
  5. forty-leben
  6. forty-legs
  7. forty-leven
  8. forty-nine
  9. forty-niner
  10. forty-niners
  11. forty-ninth

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