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legged
(encz) | legged,mající určité nohy adj: Zdeněk Brož; xHire |
Legged
(gcide) | Legged \Legged\ (l[e^]gd or l[e^]g"g[e^]d), a. [From Leg.]
Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; as, a
long-legged man; a two-legged animal.
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legged
(wn) | legged
adj 1: having legs of a specified kind or number; "four-legged
animals"; "a peg-legged man" [ant: legless] |
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barelegged
(encz) | barelegged,bez punčoch Zdeněk Brožbarelegged,s nahýma nohama n: Zdeněk Brož |
bow-legged
(encz) | bow-legged,křivonohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bowlegged
(encz) | bowlegged,křivonohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cross-legged
(encz) | cross-legged,nohu přes nohu Zdeněk Brožcross-legged,se zkříženýma nohama n: Zdeněk Brožcross-legged,v tureckém sedu adv: Pino |
four-legged
(encz) | four-legged,čtyřnohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hairy-legged vampire bat
(encz) | hairy-legged vampire bat, n: |
legged
(encz) | legged,mající určité nohy adj: Zdeněk Brož; xHire |
long-legged
(encz) | long-legged,dlouhonohý adj: Ivan Masár |
red-legged partridge
(encz) | red-legged partridge, n: |
rough-legged hawk
(encz) | rough-legged hawk, n: |
spindle-legged
(encz) | spindle-legged, adj: |
three-legged
(encz) | three-legged,trojnohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
western black-legged tick
(encz) | western black-legged tick, n: |
Badger-legged
(gcide) | Badger-legged \Badg"er-legged`\, a.
Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to
have. --Shak.
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Baker-legged
(gcide) | Baker-legged \Bak"er-legged`\, a.
Having legs that bend inward at the knees.
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Bandy-legged
(gcide) | Bandy-legged \Ban"dy-legged`\, a.
Having crooked legs.
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Barelegged
(gcide) | Barelegged \Bare"legged`\, bare-legged \bare-legged\, a.
Having the legs bare. bare-legged children on the beach
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bare-legged
(gcide) | Barelegged \Bare"legged`\, bare-legged \bare-legged\, a.
Having the legs bare. bare-legged children on the beach
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Bowl-legged
(gcide) | Bowl-legged \Bowl"-legged`\, a.
Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward.
--Johnson.
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Crosslegged
(gcide) | Crosslegged \Cross"legged`\ (-l?gd`), a.
Having the legs crossed.
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dog-legged
(gcide) | dog-legged \dog"-leg`ged\, a. (Arch)
Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight
portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and
running in opposite directions without an intervening
wellhole.
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Duck-legged
(gcide) | Duck-legged \Duck"-legged`\, a.
Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged.
--Dryden.
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Light-legged
(gcide) | Light-legged \Light"-legged`\ (l[imac]t"l[e^]gd`), a.
Nimble; swift of foot. --Sir P. Sidney.
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long-legged
(gcide) | long-legged \long-legged\ adj.
having long legs.
Syn: leggy, long-shanked.
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Long-legged plover
(gcide) | Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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Near-legged
(gcide) | Near-legged \Near"-legged`\, a.
Having the feet so near together that they interfere in
traveling. --Shak.
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Puff-legged
(gcide) | Puff-legged \Puff"-legged`\, a. (Zool.)
Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.
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Red-legged crow
(gcide) | Crow \Crow\, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D.
kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from
its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]
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1. (Zool.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus,
having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It
has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.
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Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is {Corvus
corone}. The common American crow is {Corvus
Americanus}. See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under
Carrion.
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2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron
used as a lever; a crowbar.
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Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight
Unto my cell. --Shak.
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3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.
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4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
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Carrion crow. See under Carrion.
Crow blackbird (Zool.), an American bird ({Quiscalus
quiscula}); -- called also purple grackle.
Crow pheasant (Zool.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal.
It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.
Crow shrike (Zool.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina,
Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.
Red-legged crow. See Crough.
As the crow flies, in a direct line.
To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a
difference or grievance (with any one).
[1913 Webster]Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
caw. [root]22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It
is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and
red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard,
Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied
to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough.
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Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
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red-legged crow
(gcide) | Crow \Crow\, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D.
kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from
its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]
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1. (Zool.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus,
having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It
has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.
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Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is {Corvus
corone}. The common American crow is {Corvus
Americanus}. See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under
Carrion.
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2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron
used as a lever; a crowbar.
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Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight
Unto my cell. --Shak.
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3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.
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4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
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Carrion crow. See under Carrion.
Crow blackbird (Zool.), an American bird ({Quiscalus
quiscula}); -- called also purple grackle.
Crow pheasant (Zool.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal.
It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.
Crow shrike (Zool.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina,
Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.
Red-legged crow. See Crough.
As the crow flies, in a direct line.
To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a
difference or grievance (with any one).
[1913 Webster]Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
caw. [root]22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It
is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and
red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard,
Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied
to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough.
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Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
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red-legged gull
(gcide) | Laughing \Laugh"ing\, a. & n.
from Laugh, v. i.
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Laughing falcon (Zool.), a South American hawk
(Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from its notes,
which resemble a shrill laugh.
Laughing gas (Chem.), nitrous oxide, also called
hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; -- so called
from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes
produces when inhaled. It has been much used as an
anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in
dentistry
Laughing goose (Zool.), the European white-fronted goose.
Laughing gull. (Zool.)
(a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called
also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and {sea
crow}.
(b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head
is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer
primaries black.
Laughing hyena (Zool.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena.
Laughing jackass (Zool.), the great brown kingfisher
(Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also {giant
kingfisher}, and gogobera.
Laughing owl (Zool.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux
albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of
extinction. The name alludes to its notes.
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Rough-legged
(gcide) | Rough-legged \Rough"-legged`\, a. (Zool.)
Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.
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rough-legged hawk. (Zool.) See Roughleg.
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rough-legged buzzard
(gcide) | Roughleg \Rough"leg`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus
Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called
also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.
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Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of
Northern Europe, with its darker American variety
(Sancti-johannis). The latter is often nearly or
quite black. The ferruginous roughleg ({Archibuteo
ferrugineus}) inhabits Western North America.
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rough-legged hawk
(gcide) | Roughleg \Rough"leg`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus
Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called
also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.
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Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of
Northern Europe, with its darker American variety
(Sancti-johannis). The latter is often nearly or
quite black. The ferruginous roughleg ({Archibuteo
ferrugineus}) inhabits Western North America.
[1913 Webster]Rough-legged \Rough"-legged`\, a. (Zool.)
Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.
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rough-legged hawk. (Zool.) See Roughleg.
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Spindle-legged
(gcide) | Spindle-legged \Spin"dle-legged`\, a.
Having long, slender legs.
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thousand-legged worm
(gcide) | Thousand legs \Thou"sand legs`\ (Zool.)
A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also {thousand-legged
worm}.
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yellow-legged plover
(gcide) | Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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bandy-legged
(wn) | bandy-legged
adj 1: have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy,
bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged] |
barelegged
(wn) | barelegged
adj 1: having the legs uncovered by clothing; "barelegged
children on the beach" |
black-legged tick
(wn) | black-legged tick
n 1: parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans;
principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States
(especially New England); northern form was for a time
known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick) [syn: {Ixodes
scapularis}, black-legged tick] |
bowlegged
(wn) | bowlegged
adj 1: have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy,
bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged] |
cross-legged
(wn) | cross-legged
adv 1: with the legs crossed; "he sat on the floor cross-legged
and meditated" |
hairy-legged vampire bat
(wn) | hairy-legged vampire bat
n 1: similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of
tropical America including southern California and Texas
[syn: hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata] |
legged
(wn) | legged
adj 1: having legs of a specified kind or number; "four-legged
animals"; "a peg-legged man" [ant: legless] |
long-legged
(wn) | long-legged
adj 1: having long legs [syn: leggy, long-legged, {long-
shanked}] |
red-legged partridge
(wn) | red-legged partridge
n 1: common western European partridge with red legs [syn: {red-
legged partridge}, Alectoris ruffa] |
rough-legged hawk
(wn) | rough-legged hawk
n 1: large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on
small rodents and is beneficial to farmers [syn: {rough-
legged hawk}, roughleg, Buteo lagopus] |
spindle-legged
(wn) | spindle-legged
adj 1: having long slender legs [syn: spindle-legged,
spindle-shanked] |
straight-legged
(wn) | straight-legged
adj 1: having straight legs |
three-legged
(wn) | three-legged
adj 1: having or as if having three legs; "a three-legged
stool"; "a three-legged race" |
western black-legged tick
(wn) | western black-legged tick
n 1: a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites
humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United
States especially northern California [syn: {Ixodes
pacificus}, western black-legged tick] |
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