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limbed

American  
[limd] / lɪmd /

adjective

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

    a long-limbed dancer.


limbed British  
/ lɪmd /

adjective

    1. having limbs

    2. ( in combination )

      short-limbed

      strong-limbed

"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

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Etymology

Origin of limbed

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


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

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

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.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2024

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

From New York Times ● May 10, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2021

The spruce tree is densely limbed and needled, but what Alice doesn’t know is that a goshawk can maneuver a maze.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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