Definitions

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  • adjective Having more than one leg.

Etymologies

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multi- +‎ legged

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Examples

  • Just beyond the three candles Hap saw a familiar head and multilegged body, dangling outside at the end of a thin strand of silk.

    DRAGON GAMES P.W. CATANESE 2010

  • Just beyond the three candles Hap saw a familiar head and multilegged body, dangling outside at the end of a thin strand of silk.

    DRAGON GAMES P.W. CATANESE 2010

  • Mr. Zell has installed in Tribune's landmark Chicago headquarters a mocking, multilegged statue called the "bureaucratic shuffle."

    More Tumult At Tribune, 2008

  • The newest - — a grand, multilegged frog with eyes on his knees named Mr. Bumper - — will be released through production company STRANGEco this summer.

    Boing Boing 2006

  • A frail, multilegged creature hardly bigger than a skinned dog floated inside, cushioned by some unseen force that kept it steady while still allowing it to flex and turn as its conveyance moved.

    The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002

  • It can shape itself into a loop and move by rolling like a self-propelled tank tread; then break open the loop to form a serpentine configuration and slither under or over obstacles; and then rearrange its modules to “morph” into a multilegged spider, able to stride over rocks and bumpy terrain.

    Modular Robot | Impact Lab 2002

  • He did it because to be preyed upon by a small, dark, consuming creature, multilegged and many-eyed, terrified his victims in ways that a bullet or a knife could not, and gave a new intensity to their sufferings.

    The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002

  • A frail, multilegged creature hardly bigger than a skinned dog floated inside, cushioned by some unseen force that kept it steady while still allowing it to flex and turn as its conveyance moved.

    The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002

  • I was conscious of movement all around me as predatory, multilegged things began to hunt and die.

    The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002

  • A frail, multilegged creature hardly bigger than a skinned dog floated inside, cushioned by some unseen force that kept it steady while still allowing it to flex and turn as its conveyance moved.

    The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002

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