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short-leggedness en · NOUN

Etymology

From short-legged + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being short-legged.
   • In 1919 another mutation for shortleggedness appeared among sheep of eastern Norway 1949, Growth, volumes 13-14, page 299:
   • The shortleggedness of the Dexter cattle is determined by a dominant factor K (heterozygote Kk). 1968, Kjeld Wamberg, Veterinary Encyclopedia: Diagnosis and Treatment, Volume 1, page 648:
   • A special characteristic of the LTI is the shameless shortleggedness of their lies. 2000, Wolfgang Mieder, Strategies of Wisdom: Anglo-American and German Proverb Studies, page 313:

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