multilegged

Having numerous appendages

Having many legs.

The term applies to arthropods like centipedes, millipedes, spiders, and insects, but also to furniture and other objects with multiple supports: a multilegged stool, a multilegged robot.

In finance, a multilegged trade involves multiple simultaneous transactions.

arthropod

centipede

Multi-segmented, many-legged predator

crab · lobster · shrimp · insect · beetle · ant · cockroach · cricket · grasshopper · mantis

mythical

hydra

Freshwater cnidarian polyp

monstrous · chimera · eldritch · Lovecraftian · folklore · legend · supernatural · shapeshifter · beast · creature

robotic

hexapod

Six-legged arthropod

locomotion · articulated · servo · actuator · biomimetic · terrain · stability · gait · sensor · autonomous

furniture

table

Horizontal furniture surface

  • chairSingle-person sitting furniture
  • stoolBackless sitting furniture
  • benchShared seating surface

ottoman · tripod · stand · support · base · stable · sturdy · pedestal · frame · structure

Opposites
number of legs

multileggedlegless

Having no limbs

no-legged · limbless · bipedal · two-legged · serpentine

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G