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  • bodied
    bodied
    adjective
    having a body of a specific kind (used in combination).
  • -bodied
    -bodied
    adjective
    (in combination) having a body or bodies as specified

bodied

American  
[bod-eed] / ˈbɒd id /

adjective

  1. having a body of a specific kind (used in combination).

    a flat-bodied fish; a wide-bodied car.
-bodied British  

adjective

  1. (in combination) having a body or bodies as specified

    able-bodied

    long-bodied

    many-bodied
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bodied

body + -ed 3

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A movement in the trees behind Ronan made Hagrid raise his bow again, but it was only a second centaur, black-haired and -bodied and wilder-looking than Ronan.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

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