: having limbs especially of a specified kind or number
—usually used in combination
strong-limbed
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Physical, quick, long-limbed but with excellent coordination and technique, the Slovenian has been destined to be compared to Haaland ever since.
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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
From there, evolution slowly introduced limbed vertebrates, land-dwelling creatures, and eventually humans.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
Blinking is typically reserved for limbed vertebrates.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2023
The loss of so many of the many-limbed predators has allowed sea urchins to devour kelp forests that shelter other marine species and sequester carbon out of the atmosphere.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
From there, evolution slowly introduced limbed vertebrates, land-dwelling creatures, and eventually humans.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
Blinking is typically reserved for limbed vertebrates.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2023
The loss of so many of the many-limbed predators has allowed sea urchins to devour kelp forests that shelter other marine species and sequester carbon out of the atmosphere.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
See All Example Sentences for limbed
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“Limbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limbed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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