legged

1. in compoundsnot comparableHaving legs of a certain specified type or number.First known use 14th c.

   Giraffes are the longest-legged animals.

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   Many of the big African spiders are hairy-legged.

   The maltster, after having lain down in his clothes for a few hours, was now sitting beside a three-legged table, breakfasting off bread and bacon.

   1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

   Antonyms: legless

2. not comparableHaving legs; provided with legs.First known use 16th c.

   A robot which runs at a speed of over 29mph has set a new land-speed record for legged robots.

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   Farther west in the Carabobo-Aragua region Kidder has been able to establish some culture succession and he reports several legged vessels.

   1948, American Antiquity - Volumes 13-14, page 111

   DARPA is supporting several legged vehicle programs at Carnegie-Mellon and Ohio State Universities

   1987, Army Robotics and Artificial Intelligence: A 1987 Review, page 10

   Beginning with his hopping robots at the MIT Leg Lab (Raibert, 1986), Marc Raibert has advanced the state of the art in legged robot control for practical application.

   2011, Paul Muench, Efficiency and Speed in Legged Robotics, →ISBN, page 6

   Antonyms: legless

3. not comparableWounded in the leg, especially as part of a hunt.First known use 18th c.

   Spring guns and man traps have been set for me, and I am legged!

   1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. IV, letter 61

plural leggeds

1. Someone or something having a certain number or type of legs

   Humans are not the only two-leggeds in the world.

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of leg