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four-legged

/fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd/

four-legged adjective: having four legs.

Adjective

four-legged (not comparable)

  1. Having four legs.

Noun

four-legged (plural four-leggeds)

  1. An animal that has four legs.
    • The four-leggeds blamed the cleansing on the humans, and decided to destroy all two-leggeds.2000, Clyde Holler, The Black Elk Reader, →ISBN, page 195
    • We were talking about how Catolicos seemed to not see the one-leggeds and four-leggeds as sacred.2011, Cynthia Dawn, Indigena: A Novel Celebrating the Spirit of Cinco De Mayo, →ISBN, page 113
    Synonyms:
    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.1998, Accident Models for Two-lane Rural Roads: Segments and Intersections

four-legged meaning in Gujarati

four-legged in Gujarati

having four legs
ચોપગું copgũ

Synonyms of four-legged

Forms of four-legged

Adjective
alternative formfourlegged
Noun
pluralfour-leggeds

Origin of four-legged

From four + legged.

Words formed from four-legged

Phrases with four-legged

Questions about four-legged

What does four-legged mean?
Four-legged means having four legs.
What is four-legged in Gujarati?
Four-legged in Gujarati is ચોપગું (copgũ). See Four-legged meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is four-legged?
Four-legged can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce four-legged?
Four-legged is pronounced /fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd/.

Words near four-legged in the dictionary

  1. four-leaf clovers
  2. four-leafed clover
  3. four-leafed clovers
  4. four-leaved clover
  5. four-leaved clovers
  6. four-legged
  7. four-legged emmet
  8. four-legged friend
  9. four-legged friends
  10. four-leggeds
  11. four-letter

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