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two-legged en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /tuːˈlɛɡɪd/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtuːlɛɡd/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From two + legged.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having or furnished with two legs, or leg-like appendages.
   • two-legged animals    two-legged shears
   • 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:

Deriveds

two-legged eel

Translations (18)

nl tweebenig (having two legs) · hu kétágú (having two legs) · ru двуно́гий (having two legs) · hy երկոտանի (having two legs) · fr bipède (having two legs) · uk двоно́гий (having two legs) · hu kétlábú (having two legs) · ka ორფეხა (having two legs) · bg двукра́к (having two legs) · de zweibeinig (having two legs) · be двухно́гі (having two legs) · el δίποδος (having two legs) · it bipede (having two legs) · sk dvojnohý (having two legs) · cs dvounohý (having two legs) · pl dwunożny (having two legs) · fi kaksijalkainen (having two legs) · hu kétszárú (having two legs)

two-legged en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tuːˈlɛɡɪd/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From two + legged.

Meanings

1. Someone or something with two legs, especially human beings.
   • 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:
   • 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:

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