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four-legged

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛɡɪd

Definitions

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

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