Definitions

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  • adjective Of an animal, having four legs.

Etymologies

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four leg + -ed.

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Examples

  • “Are you referring to the four-legged ones, or you and your brother?”

    The Frasers Clay Ana Leigh 2004

  • The eclectic mix of jovial spectators awaited the arrival of the four-legged stars and their riders.

    I.O.U. Elle 2011

  • I set out to Brooklyn to discover, and what better place to start than Park Slope, where only strollers and bicyclists outnumber our furry, four-legged friends?

    Shortening the Leash Sumathi Reddy 2011

  • You may not be able to get in touch with your doggie doctor, so if your four-legged pal takes any medication, make sure you have enough to last at least a week.

    Wendy Diamond: Lending a Helping Paw on the 10-Year Anniversary of 9/11 Wendy Diamond 2011

  • Whether your four-legged friend is tech savvy how did he get 496 Facebook friends?

    Keep Tabs on Fido 2012

  • Four months to prepare for another little person, who most likely would be able to turn into a four-legged creature.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • To describe cricket's eternal lack of self-awareness as asinine would be to insult a noble four-legged breed.

    Stuart Pearce as heir apparent? He was hardly coach apparent | Richard Williams 2011

  • The four-legged rolling behemoths that unload shipping containers, meanwhile, were too large to use.

    Cocoa Arrives, By Sail Andrew Grossman 2011

  • The Tasmanians subsisted largely by hunting seals, red-necked wallabies (a close relative of the kangaroo), and wombats (a four-legged, furry marsupial).

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • Beachcombers traveling by car ferry across the Rio de la Plata this summer are being met by four-legged inspectors on the prowl for greenbacks leaving the country.

    Argentina's Capital Flight Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2012

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