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multilimbed

multilimbed adjective: having multiple limbs.

Adjective

multilimbed (not comparable)

  1. Having multiple limbs.
    • When the asari discovered the Citadel, they also discovered the keepers, a docile multi-limbed insect race that seemingly exists only to maintain and repair the great Prothean station.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Keepers Codex entry
    • After the melee, the vision of a backlit, Daenerys Targaryen-haired holy messenger bids him to lay down his sword — all before a multilimbed demon flies at him from the body of a fallen soldier.2015 September 14, James Poniewozik, “Review: In ‘The Bastard Executioner,’ a Warrior Switches Blades”, in New York Times

Forms of multilimbed

alternative formmulti-limbed

Origin of multilimbed

From multi- + limbed.

Questions about multilimbed

What does multilimbed mean?
Multilimbed means having multiple limbs.
What part of speech is multilimbed?
Multilimbed is an adjective.

Words near multilimbed in the dictionary

  1. multilicensed
  2. multiligament
  3. multiligand
  4. multilight
  5. multilighted
  6. multilimbed
  7. multiline
  8. multilineage
  9. multilineages
  10. multilineal
  11. multilineality

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