short-bodied

When we had pursued him, he had appeared almost spherical; now I saw that he was in fact one of those short-limbed, short-bodied animals that generally live in burrows -- something like a pika, in other words.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

And Kuo: strong, short-bodied and well-tailored, placing his feet with deliberation, his Asiatic features made half anonymous by the smoked glasses.

The 9th Directive Hall, Adam 1966

His companion, Jimmie Brannagan, was a short-bodied Irish lad, with red hair and a freckled face; but possessing a sturdy frame, as well as a ready wit.

Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie Louis Arundel

The large, short-bodied and long-legged sheep found in the interior of western and northern Africa are a complete contrast to the short-legged, long-bodied little Cameroons sheep.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 Various

Across the seas the Emperor Napoleon, a long-nosed, short-bodied man of infinite genius for setting the world by the ears, has been warring with England for the last ten years and more.

The Windy Hill Cornelia Meigs 1928

Looking out through a window curtained with cheesecloth she saw her brother's logging gang swing past, stout woodsmen all, big men, tall men, short-bodied men with thick necks and shoulders, sunburned, all grimy with the sweat of their labors, carrying themselves with a free and reckless swing, the doubles in type of that roistering crew she had seen embark on Jack Fyfe's boat.

Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

Across the seas the Emperor Napoleon, a long-nosed, short-bodied man of infinite genius for setting the world by the ears, has been warring with England for the last ten years and more.

The Windy Hill 1922

The urbane livery-stable keeper furnished me with a solemn, short-bodied, long-legged animal -- a sort of animated counting-house stool, as it were -- which he called a "Morgan" horse.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) Various 1887

Without the mark of a buffalo-thong on ankle or wrist, to tell of captivity, the little man was running about the hill, to all appearance as he list -- his moving shadow dodging hither and thither, as if it were a long-legged, short-bodied goblin quizzically mocking his motions, or playing at hide-and-seek with him among the trees and bushes.

Burl Morrison Heady 1872

Bobby then saw that it was not a stake-driver, but a long-legged, long-necked, short-bodied gentleman, in

Queer Stories for Boys and Girls Edward Eggleston 1869