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
• 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), 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