limbed

[limd]

adjective

1. having a specified number or kind of limbs limb (often used in combination).

   a long-limbed dancer.

limbed

/ lɪmd /

adjective

1. 1. having limbs

   2. ( in combination )

      short-limbed

      strong-limbed

Other Word Forms

• underlimbed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of limbed¹

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; limb ¹, -ed ³

Example Sentences

She told me this idea of working with these robot cameras and differently limbed models.

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A research team including a Penn State biologist completed a new reconstruction of the skeleton of Tiktaalik, the 375-million-year-old fossil fish that is one of the closest relatives to limbed vertebrates.

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The Chitrasena dancers are also physically different: longer limbed, stretched out, with friendlier and less stylized facial expressions.

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“I could also feel myself being pulled to find a place where there were more bodies like mine, not just Black but long limbed, athletic, versatile dancer bodies.”

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The tree has been limbed up so there’s a fair amount of sun, probably part shade.

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