long-legged

See also: longlegged

English

Adjective

long-legged (comparative more long-legged, superlative most long-legged)

1. Having long legs.

   Synonym: (obsolete slang, of a person) split up

2. Of an aircraft or ship: having large operational range.

   The pilots were flying planes that were not only light and highly maneuverable; they were extremely long-legged, able to cover a greater distance than their American counterparts.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• long-legged bat (Macrophyllum macrophyllum)
• long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
• long-leggedness
• long-legged sac spider (Cheiracanthium spp.)
• long-legged warbler (Cincloramphus rufus)

Translations

having long legs

Catalan: camallarg (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 長腿的 / 长腿的 (zh) (cháng tuǐ de) Czech: dlouhonohý, nohatý Dutch: langbenig (nl) Finnish: pitkäsäärinen Galician: pernilongo m German: langbeinig (de) Greek: Ancient: μακροσκελής (makroskelḗs) Ingrian: pitkäkoipiin Irish: fadchosach Japanese: 足の長い (あしのながい, ashi no nagai) Norwegian: Bokmål: langbeint, langbent Nynorsk: langbeina, langbeint Polish: długonogi (pl), szczudłonogi Portuguese: pernudo (pt), (uncommon) pernilongo (pt) m Russian: длинноно́гий (ru) (dlinnonógij) Spanish: zancudo (es), piernilargo m, patilargo m Turkish: uzun bacaklı (tr) Ukrainian: довгоногий (dovhonohyj), цибатий (uk) (cybatyj)

See also

• legs all the way to one's neck