five-legged
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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She started to get up, planning to buy some to take back to Mrs. Viboon, when she saw a brown five-legged spider crawling on the display.
From Literature
A five-legged lamb was born at Whitehouse Farm in Morpeth on 22 February, the second time it has happened in 25 years.
From BBC
One is a five-armed, five-legged, robot-like creation in silver-painted wood, a sword in each of its hands.
From New York Times
“This was back to normal. It was normal for me to be on him and it didn’t matter how many legs we had. We’re five-legged now. We don’t care.”
From Washington Times
A five-legged colt that sings.
From Nature
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