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Meaning of four-legged | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd

Definitions

  1. An animal that walks on four legs.
  2. An intersection where two roads cross.

Equivalents

Dansk firbenet
ગુજરાતી ચોપગું
Հայերեն չորքոտանի
ქართული ოთხფეხა
Latina quadrupēs
Nederlands vierbenig vierpotig
Português quadrúpede
Русский четвероногий

Examples

“The four-leggeds blamed the cleansing on the humans, and decided to destroy all two-leggeds.”
“We were talking about how Catolicos seemed to not see the one-leggeds and four-leggeds as sacred.”
“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.”
“With respect to hazard rating, an opposite and possibly inconsistent explanation might be offered: It may be that drivers underestimate roadside hazards at three-leggeds and relatively speaking overestimate them at four-leggeds.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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