Meanings
- not comparableHaving or furnished with two legs, or leg-like appendages.
two-legged animals two-legged shears
1 more example
And that thing made of ſound and ſhovv / VVhich mortals have miſnamed A Beau, / (But in the language of the ſky / Is call'd a tvvolegg'd butterfly) / VVill make your very heartſtrings ake / VVith loud and everlaſting clack, […]
1766, James Beattie, “[Miscellany Poems.] The Wolf and Shepherds, a Fable.”, in Poems on Several Subjects. […], new edition, London: […] W. Johnston, […], →OCLC, stanza 3, pages 113–114
plural two-leggeds
- Someone or something with two legs, especially human beings.
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 1952 more examples
Because most of the animals had learned to distrust the two-leggeds, they shrank back into the forest.
2011, Allan J. Hamilton, (Please provide the book title or journal name), →ISBNIt was a serious race, for the two-leggeds —human beings and birds— were racing the four-leggeds to determine which should feed the others.
2013, Vine Deloria; Vine Deloria, Jr.; James Treat, For This Land: Writings on Religion in America, →ISBN, page 238
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian двукра́к
- двукра́к (dvukrák)having two legs
Czech dvounohý
- dvounohýhaving two legs
Dutch tweebenig
- tweebenighaving two legs
Finnish kaksijalkainen
- kaksijalkainenhaving two legs
French bipède
- bipèdehaving two legs
German zweibeinig
- zweibeinighaving two legs
Greek δίποδος
- δίποδος (dípodos)having two legs
Hungarian kétlábú, kétágú
- kétlábúhaving two legs
- kétágúhaving two legs
- kétszárúhaving two legs
Italian bipede
- bipedehaving two legs
Polish dwunożny
- dwunożnyhaving two legs
Russian двуно́гий
- двуно́гий (dvunógij)having two legs
Slovak dvojnohý
- dvojnohýhaving two legs
Ukrainian двоно́гий
- двоно́гий (dvonóhyj)having two legs
Cite this entry
two-legged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-legged
“two-legged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-legged. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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