three-legged

/θɹiːˈlɛɡɪd//ˈθɹiːlɛɡd/

adjective

Having three legs.

Meanings

adjectivethree-legged (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving three legs.

    Synonyms: tripedal

nounthree-legged (plural three-leggeds)

plural three-leggeds

  1. Something with three legs.

    My father said that three-leggeds are more detestable than four-leggeds.

    1999, Cheng Ch'ing-wen, Three-Legged Horse, →ISBN, page 159
    1 more example

    The three-leggeds had everyone in stitches. Some pairs simply could not learn to run together — just impossible.

    1983, Trevor Shearston, Sticks That Kill: A Novel, page 447
  2. An intersection where three roads meet.

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving three legs.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving or as if having three legs

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek τρίπους
  • τρίπους (trípous)having three legs
Danish trebenet
  • trebenethaving three legs
Dutch driebenig
  • driebenighaving three legs
Esperanto trigamba, penisego
  • trigambahaving three legs
  • penisegohaving a large penis
Finnish kolmijalkainen, isomunainen
  • kolmijalkainenhaving three legs
  • isomunainenhaving a large penis
German dreibeinig
  • dreibeinighaving three legs
Hungarian háromlábú
  • háromlábúhaving three legs
Irish tríchosach
  • tríchosachhaving three legs
Polish trójnogi
  • trójnogihaving three legs
Russian трёхно́гий
  • трёхно́гий (trjoxnógij)having three legs
Swedish trebent
  • trebenthaving three legs
Welsh teircoes
  • teircoeshaving three legs
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APA

three-legged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/three-legged

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“three-legged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/three-legged. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “three-legged,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/three-legged.

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