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- adjective Having more than one
leg .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Just beyond the three candles Hap saw a familiar head and multilegged body, dangling outside at the end of a thin strand of silk.
DRAGON GAMES P.W. CATANESE 2010
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Just beyond the three candles Hap saw a familiar head and multilegged body, dangling outside at the end of a thin strand of silk.
DRAGON GAMES P.W. CATANESE 2010
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Mr. Zell has installed in Tribune's landmark Chicago headquarters a mocking, multilegged statue called the "bureaucratic shuffle."
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The newest - — a grand, multilegged frog with eyes on his knees named Mr. Bumper - — will be released through production company STRANGEco this summer.
Boing Boing 2006
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A frail, multilegged creature hardly bigger than a skinned dog floated inside, cushioned by some unseen force that kept it steady while still allowing it to flex and turn as its conveyance moved.
The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002
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It can shape itself into a loop and move by rolling like a self-propelled tank tread; then break open the loop to form a serpentine configuration and slither under or over obstacles; and then rearrange its modules to “morph” into a multilegged spider, able to stride over rocks and bumpy terrain.
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He did it because to be preyed upon by a small, dark, consuming creature, multilegged and many-eyed, terrified his victims in ways that a bullet or a knife could not, and gave a new intensity to their sufferings.
The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002
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A frail, multilegged creature hardly bigger than a skinned dog floated inside, cushioned by some unseen force that kept it steady while still allowing it to flex and turn as its conveyance moved.
The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002
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I was conscious of movement all around me as predatory, multilegged things began to hunt and die.
The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002
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A frail, multilegged creature hardly bigger than a skinned dog floated inside, cushioned by some unseen force that kept it steady while still allowing it to flex and turn as its conveyance moved.
The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002
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