: having limbs especially of a specified kind or number
—usually used in combination
strong-limbed
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Blinking is typically reserved for limbed vertebrates.
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Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2023
The great calamities and transformations of prehistory are treated more like background; the end-Permian mass extinction—the closest complex life has ever come to annihilation—garners a single paragraph, and the origin of limbed tetrapods from finned fish takes all of four sentences.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
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
One outdoor space has a dotted floral sculpture by Yayoi Kusama, while the entrance court has been colonized by several long-limbed, brightly colored sculptures by New Zealander Francis Upritchard.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
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Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2023
The great calamities and transformations of prehistory are treated more like background; the end-Permian mass extinction—the closest complex life has ever come to annihilation—garners a single paragraph, and the origin of limbed tetrapods from finned fish takes all of four sentences.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
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
One outdoor space has a dotted floral sculpture by Yayoi Kusama, while the entrance court has been colonized by several long-limbed, brightly colored sculptures by New Zealander Francis Upritchard.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
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“Limbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limbed. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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