two-legged

/tuːˈlɛɡɪd//ˈtuːlɛɡd/

adjective

Having or furnished with two legs, or leg-like appendages.

“two-legged animals    two-legged shears”

Meanings

adjectivetwo-legged (not comparable)
  1. 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
nountwo-legged (plural two-leggeds)

plural two-leggeds

  1. 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 195
    2 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), →ISBN

    It 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

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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
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APA

two-legged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-legged

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“two-legged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two-legged. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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