duck-legged: Meaning and Definition of

duck-leg•ged

Pronunciation: (duk'leg"id or, esp. Brit., -legd"), [key]
— adj.
  1. having legs that are unusually short: He crept up in a half-crouch that made him look duck-legged.
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