multilimbed

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Etymology[edit]

multi- +‎ limbed

Adjective[edit]

multilimbed (not comparable)

  1. Having multiple limbs.
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Keepers Codex entry:
      When the asari discovered the Citadel, they also discovered the keepers, a docile multi-limbed insect race that seemingly exists only to maintain and repair the great Prothean station.
    • 2015 September 14, James Poniewozik, “Review: In ‘The Bastard Executioner,’ a Warrior Switches Blades”, in New York Times[1]:
      After the melee, the vision of a backlit, Daenerys Targaryen-haired holy messenger bids him to lay down his sword — all before a multilimbed demon flies at him from the body of a fallen soldier.