Phrase Hound found 89 phrases and 19 compound words that contain legged. The most common are listed below. Open legged in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 89
- bow-leggedHaving bowed legs, having legs bent noticeably outward at the knee.
- cross-leggedHaving one leg over and across the other.
- two-leggedHaving or furnished with two legs, or leg-like appendages.
- black-legged kittiwakeA seabird species in the gull family Laridae, Rissa tridactyla.
- rough-legged buzzardButeo lagopus, a medium-large bird of prey.
- yellow-legged gullLarus michahellis, a large gull of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
- long-leggedHaving long legs.
- one-leggedHaving only one leg.
- four-leggedHaving four legs.
- red-legged cormorantAny gray cormorant of the species Poikilocarbo gaimardi which resides primarily along the southwestern coasts of South America and has vividly red legs.
- three-leggedhaving three legs
- red-legged partridgeAny partridge of species Alectoris rufa.
- long-legged buzzardButeo rufinus, a bird of prey in the Buteo genus, resident or breeding from North Africa to central Asia.
- short-leggedHaving short legs, particularly in proportion to one's body.
- two-legged tieA competition between two teams which comprises two matches or “legs”, with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of the scores of the two legs.
- bandy-leggedSynonym of bow-legged, having knees which bend outward.
- eight-legged essayA standardized argumentative essay consisting of eight parts, written by candidates in the Chinese imperial examination.
- bare-legged owlMargarobyas lawrencii, a species of owl endemic to Cuba.
- three-legged raceA race in which a team of two players are joined together at opposite ankles, and must complete a short sprint before the other teams.
- peg-leggedsimple past and past participle of peg-leg
- light-leggedNimble; swift of foot.
- six-leggedHaving six legs.
- three-legged mareA type of gallows consisting of a wooden triangle supported by three wooden legs, used for public hangings.
- long-legged flyAny of the predatory flies in the family Dolichopodidae, which tend to have long and slender legs.
- red-legged tinamouA tinamou, Crypturellus erythropus.
Compound words 19
- bareleggedHaving uncovered legs.
- multileggedHaving more than one leg.
- spraddleleggedthat has spraddled legs
- leggednessThe state or quality of having a particular type of or number of legs.
- bootleggedsimple past and past participle of bootleg
- bandyleggedHaving bowed legs, having legs bent noticeably outward at the knee.
- longleggedAlternative spelling of long-legged: Having long legs.
- blackleggedsimple past and past participle of blackleg
- bowleggedAlternative form of bow-legged: Having bowed legs, having legs bent noticeably outward at the knee.
- crookleggedHaving crooked legs.