Man is a two-legged animal without feathers. From LearnThat.org. [Plato]
Four-legged animals. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : two-legged; long-legged. ,a legged desk. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : They legged the boat through the tunnel. From Dictionary.com.
Aaron Rifkin legged out a run-scoring triple in the sixth for. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
This is an investment that can be "legged" into (selling calls on up days and puts on down days) to maximize the premium collected. From Wordnik.com. [US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha] Reference
That doesn't mean that the two-legged set is left out. From Wordnik.com. [FAREWELL, WEB 1.0! WE HARDLY KNEW YE.] Reference
Maybe now he'll show four-legged critters some respect. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
Instead, he returns from World War I a one-legged amputee. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary Life] Reference
Bakker was probably right about small two-legged dinosaurs. From Wordnik.com. [New Theories And Old Bones Reveal The Lifestyle Of The Dinosaur] Reference
Old Navy insists it's still mostly after two-legged customers. From Wordnik.com. [Who Let The Well-Dressed Dogs In?] Reference
Lipson's lab built a four-legged robot that teaches itself to walk. From Wordnik.com. [Do It Yourself, Robot] Reference
Let others sit cross-legged around a fire, outfitted in Pendleton plaid. From Wordnik.com. [Over 40 And Unmarried] Reference
Mahfouda's mother and aunt sat cross-legged on the floor, cutting stars. From Wordnik.com. [How To Make An American Flag] Reference
The stars came out and we squatted cross-legged close to the fire for warmth. From Wordnik.com. [Week 30: The Truth About Camels] Reference
Eight young people are standing in a circle, surrounded by a cross-legged crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Going out by staying in: where to watch the arts online] Reference
One was a man called Tawfiq bin Attash, a.k.a. Khallad, a fierce, one-legged Qaeda fighter. From Wordnik.com. [The Hijackers We Let Escape] Reference
I liked the more contemporary parts -- the battemants and developpes, and the wide-legged jump. From Wordnik.com. [Tonya Plank: So You Think You Can Dance Week 7: Can it Be, a Week Without Injuries?] Reference
One of them is eight feet tall with turquoise and purple fur; another is an eight-legged reptile. From Wordnik.com. [Movies: Scare The Heck Out Of 'Shrek'?] Reference
And just in case it seemed the eight-legged were being discriminated against, here comes Emma Dodson. From Wordnik.com. [Picture books for young children: there's a buzz about the place] Reference
"I'm deep into it, writing songs for pigs and other four-legged friends," Lee Hall told the Daily Mail. From Wordnik.com. [Elton John Working On Musical Of Orwell's 'Animal Farm'] Reference
Tonight, the virtuoso Kelly plays virtually all the guitar, freeing Oldham up to dance one-legged jigs. From Wordnik.com. [Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and the Cairo Gang; Trembling Bells] Reference
Jodie Foster costars as Sister Assumpta, the peg-legged disciplinarian and the boys 'comic-book villain. From Wordnik.com. [Swinging Into Summer] Reference
He is pushed down and sits cross-legged on the blanket, his head bowed, his long hair obscuring his face. From Wordnik.com. ['Are You Going To Talk To Us?'] Reference
This will intrigue readers and might even overcome the reflex aversion some of us have to six-legged society. From Wordnik.com. [Picture books for young children: there's a buzz about the place] Reference
Ten miles is nothing for those long-legged ectomorphs who routinely cover that distance on their lunch breaks. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Fat Runner] Reference
Another is dressy, wide-legged pants worn with a pretty tunic top or with a tank top and an open kimono jacket. From Wordnik.com. [Defining 'Country Club Casual'] Reference
A video taken by an Afghan cameraman shows Walker sitting cross-legged, slumped silently before the two CIA men. From Wordnik.com. [A Long, Strange Trip To The Taliban] Reference
Pale, thin and spindly-legged, he somehow shuffled the 26.2 miles in the company of nine-time winner Grete Waitz. From Wordnik.com. [Across The Finish Line] Reference
A pub chain is reaching out to four-legged punters from todayby offering a free doggy menu behind two of its bars. From Wordnik.com. [Pub chain puts free dogs' dinners on the menu] Reference
Whatever the reason, the survivors quickly diversified into giant four-legged sauropods, biped carnivores and iguanodons. From Wordnik.com. [New Theories And Old Bones Reveal The Lifestyle Of The Dinosaur] Reference
Other properties position themselves in secluded expanses that are more hospitable to four-legged visitors than to two-legged ones. From Wordnik.com. [Privacy Has Its Privileges] Reference
Here's the reality: Generations of Americans benefited from a three-legged system that ensured their financial security in old age. From Wordnik.com. [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Come on Down -- It's Time to Play "Social Security Survivor"!] Reference
Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: Delta and Northwest have both been struggling, so teaming up with one another sounds a bit like a three-legged race. From Wordnik.com. [Buckle Up] Reference
They sat cross-legged on a cold concrete floor, surrounded by tapestries called tankhas, which portray dramatic stories of Buddhist lore. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Reincarnation] Reference
On the next raised wooden table over, a group of Uzbek mujahedin sat cross-legged to eat, dozens of Kalashnikovs had been piled up and covered with woolly coats. From Wordnik.com. [Escape From Taloqan] Reference
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