leg
noun
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
leglike
-
a word derived from
leg.
Example Sentences
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But the leglike structure — with bone, nerves and the hint of a toe — is more complex and more leggy than Dr. Murugan expected for a first try.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
Over the next 18 months, the frogs gradually regrew what was lost, forming a new leglike structure with nerves, muscles, bones and even toelike projections.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
Others of these reptiles went back to the sea, lost the leglike development of their limbs and regained the flipper form, though the bones of the fingers and toes are singularly distinguishable in the paddle.
From The Meaning of Evolution by Samuel Christian Schmucker
Overhead elevated trains with a shrill grinding of the wheels stopped at the station, which upon its leglike pillars seemed to resemble some monstrous kind of crab squatting over the street.
From Men, Women, and Boats by Stephen Crane
The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S by Project Gutenberg
