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: having a leg or legs especially of a specified kind or number
—often used in combination
a four-legged animal
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There’s a group of girls who want the cropped wide legged leather pants from Loewe.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
One idea is that going from static robot manipulation to dynamic can advance the field the way that going from static to dynamic advanced legged robots.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2023
The woman, who is sitting crossed legged on the floor, also refuses to give up her child.
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
Right: Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua/Redux Humanoid League Small legged robots compete in the Kidsize Humanoid League at RoboCup 2017 in Nagoya, Japan.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of legged was
in the 14th century
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“Legged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legged. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
legged
adjectiveˈleg-əd,
ˈlegd
: having legs especially of a certain kind or number
four-legged
Medical Definition
legged
adjective
leg·ged
ˈleg-əd, ˈlāg-, British usually ˈlegd
: having a leg or legs especially of a specified kind or number
—often used in combination
a four-legged animal
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