Breviped

Vest-Pocket Vocabulary

Brev’iped, n. any thing with short legs.

Word in the Wild: A description, hmm? Well now, let’s see… He’s brown, has a red collar, eats June bugs, answers to Ceasar, and I last saw him scurrying after his toy ball by the swing sets. Oh! And he’s a breviped.

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