short-leggedness

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Etymology[edit]

short-legged +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

short-leggedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being short-legged.
    • 2000, Wolfgang Mieder, Strategies of Wisdom: Anglo-American and German Proverb Studies, page 313:
      A special characteristic of the LTI is the shameless shortleggedness of their lies.
    • 1968, Kjeld Wamberg, Veterinary Encyclopedia: Diagnosis and Treatment, Volume 1, page 648:
      The shortleggedness of the Dexter cattle is determined by a dominant factor K (heterozygote Kk).
    • 1949, Growth, volumes 13-14, page 299:
      In 1919 another mutation for shortleggedness appeared among sheep of eastern Norway
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