four-legged

[fawr-leg-id, -legd, fohr-]

adjective

1. having four legs.

2. Nautical.,  (of a schooner) having four masts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of four-legged¹

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

"There are so many amazing 'firsts' preserved in these duck-billed mummies -- the earliest hooves documented in a land vertebrate, the first confirmed hooved reptile, and the first hooved four-legged animal with different forelimb and hindlimb posture," Sereno said.

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But as her four-legged friend grew tremendously in size, so did the responsibility.

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Rash armed himself with a metal pole and tried to keep the gunman, 62-year-old Richard Bradford, away from his four-legged friend, but prosecutors said Bradford shot Rash and left him to die underneath the bridge.

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On Tuesday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors directed staff to cross-reference voter rolls with pet registration data in the county in order to make sure there are no four-legged voters with names like Fido, Fifi, Spot, Sparky or Lucky casting ballots in the next special election in November.

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Since news of the charges came to light, supervisors directed the Orange County Registrar of Voters to review thousands of voter records to ensure that no other pets have been registered to vote in the county and, on Tuesday, directed the agency to expand that review to thousands of more pet registrations to ensure no other four-legged pets are casting votes.

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