two-legged
Pronunciations (2)
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/tuːˈlɛɡɪd/
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/ˈtuːlɛɡd/
Adjective
Having or furnished with two legs, or leg-like appendages.
Usage- not-comparable
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two-legged animals two-legged shears
More examples (1)
And that thing made of ſound and ſhovv / VVhich mortals have miſnamed A Beau, / (But in the language of the ſky / Is call'd a tvvolegg'd butterfly) / VVill make your very heartſtrings ake / VVith loud and everlaſting clack, […]
Noun
Someone or something with two legs, especially human beings.
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The four-leggeds blamed the cleansing on the humans, and decided to destroy all two-leggeds.
Because most of the animals had learned to distrust the two-leggeds, they shrank back into the forest.
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It was a serious race, for the two-leggeds —human beings and birds— were racing the four-leggeds to determine which should feed the others.
Word forms
two-leggeds