long-legged
Britishadjective
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having long legs
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informal (of a person or animal) able to run fast
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The good news is that the PPE will propel a generation of long-legged, heavy-hitting electrics coming from VW Group, including those from Audi and Porsche.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Its Jan. 27 cover was an elegant and elegiac illustration of seven long-legged, shaggy-capped palms against a menacing ombre orange backdrop of approaching fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
Also known as long-legged ants or Maldive ants, these tiny insects don't have mental illness.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2023
On a recent sunny afternoon, a row of pelicans glided over drowned furrows, and long-legged herons rested on the muddy banks of a drainage canal near Alpaugh.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
Hugh Hungerford was slim and saturnine, long-legged, long-faced, clad in faded finery.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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