legged
adj.adj. having a specific number or type of legs. You usually use this word with another word in front of it, like 'four-legged'.
adj. having legs of a specified kind or number. Almost exclusively used in combination with a preceding modifier to form a compound adjective.
A spider is an eight-legged creature.
The old wooden table was a sturdy, three-legged piece of furniture that fit perfectly in the corner.
Biologists observed that the long-legged wading birds were better adapted to hunting in the deeper sections of the marsh than their shorter-limbed counterparts.
From Middle English legged, leggyd, equivalent to leg (“noun”) + -ed.
From leg (“verb”) + -ed.
Typically functions as the second element of a compound adjective (e.g., 'long-legged', 'four-legged').