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[ fawr-leg-id, -legd, fohr- ] / ˈfɔrˈlɛg ɪd, -ˈlɛgd, ˈfoʊr- /
adjectivehaving four legs. Nautical. (of a schooner) having four masts. Origin of four-leggedFirst recorded in 1655–65 Words nearby four-leggedFourier's theorem, Fourier transform, four-in-hand, four-lane, four-leaf clover, four-legged, four-letter word, four-letter words, four-masted, Four Modernizations, Fournier Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for four-leggedOn one island off the coast of Japan, four-legged felines outnumber residents and are driving the tourist trade. Cats Rule on Japan’s Tashirojima Island|Nina Strochlic|September 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Claire Stern reports on this season's hottest couture for four-legged friends. FIT Hosts BARK-à-Porter: Art Deco-Themed Pet Fashion Show|Claire Stern|May 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST Four-legged PTSD is manifested in behavior like nervous exhaustion, distress, confusion, or forgetting routine commands. My Dog Solha: From Afghanistan, With PTSD|Jessie Knadler|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST Many of those in China trying to protect their four-legged friends hope their battle has a wider impact. Poisoning of CEO in Cat Stew Stirs Outrage Among Rights Activists|Dan Levin|January 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In many places, hiring a dog trainer has become a normal, good-citizen thing to do, the four-legged equivalent of taking CPR. Bring On the First Dog Controversies!|Michael Schaffer|April 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST Borckman felt the abysmal urgings of the beast, as a beast, to prove himself master of this four-legged beast. Jerry of the Islands|Jack London Four-legged slabs made good benches, but many split bottom chairs were obtained from country chair makers. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A.|George Little It was arranged between them that the object chosen should be named after some four-legged thing. Games for Everybody|May C. Hofmann The tadpoles pass through their larval stage within the cell, and then hop out, in the four-legged condition. A Book of Natural History|Various They floundered out of the water, side by side, four-legged crawling beasts that could not stand erect. The Ethical Engineer|Henry Maxwell Dempsey
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