Leg

A leg is a weight bearing and locomotive structure, usually having a columnar shape. During locomotion, legs function as "extensible struts". The combination of movements at all joints can be modeled as a single, linear element capable of changing length and rotating about an omnidirectional "hip" joint.

As an anatomical animal structure it is used for locomotion. The distal end is often modified to distribute force (such as a foot). Most animals have an even number of legs.

As a component of furniture it is used for the economy of materials needed to provide the support for the useful surface, the table top or chair seat.

Terminology

Uniped: 1 leg, such as clams

Biped: 2 legs, such as humans and birds

Triped: 3 legs, which does not occur naturally in healthy animals

Quadruped: 4 legs, such as dogs and horses.

Many taxa are characterized by the number of legs:

Tetrapods have four legs.

Arthropoda: 4, 6 (Insecta), 8, 12, or 14 legs. Some arthropods have more than a dozen legs; a few species possess over 100. Despite what their names might suggest, centipedes ("hundred feet") may have fewer than 20 or more than 300 legs, and millipedes ("thousand feet") have fewer than 1,000 legs, but up to 750.

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Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra’s Jaipur leg ends with CM Vasundhara Raje wooing farmers

DNA India 25 Sep 2018

The Jaipur division tour of chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s Gaurav Yatra ended with a public meeting in Sikar where the focus was to underscore the benefits of farm loan waiver scheme introduced by the government. . On Monday, CM Raje addressed three public meetings in Fatehpur, Laxmangarh and Sikar. It was in Sikar from where the farmer movement took off ... ....

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Team Azmin fares well in Penang leg of party polls

The Star 25 Sep 2018

SHAH ALAM. Candidates aligned to PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali fared well in the Penang leg of the party elections while in the hotly contested race to be party No. 2, the incumbent did better than his rival Rafizi Ramli ... ....

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Ashley Graham keeps it casual cool in crop top and skintight leggings at LAX ahead of PrettyLittleThing launch

This is Money 25 Sep 2018

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Ashley Graham sports a crop top and skintight leggings as she arrives at LAX

The Daily Mail 25 Sep 2018

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Yankees lose Aaron Hicks to leg injury in win, adding worry as AL Wild Card ...

Lohud 25 Sep 2018

Choosing a starter for the AL wild card isn’t the only item weighing on the Yankees’ minds as the regular season rushes to a close ... ....

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England leg-spinner Adil Rashid inks all-format deal with Yorkshire

Mid Day 25 Sep 2018

One month after making his Test comeback for the first time since 2016, leg-spinner Adil Rashid on Monday inked a one-year contract extension with his county side Yorkshire, making himself available for all formats. The 30-year-old had earlier re-negotiated his club contract at the start of the year making himself available for only white ball cricket ... Rashid has taken 500 First Class wickets till date ... ....

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Yankees lose Aaron Hicks to leg injury in win, adding worry as AL Wild Card game nears

Asbury Park Press 25 Sep 2018

Choosing a starter for the AL wild card isn’t the only item weighing on the Yankees’ minds as the regular season rushes to a close. . ... ....

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'I changed the figure of my legs and my whole entire body': How marketing expert, 24, transformed her physique in just 16 weeks - WITHOUT obsessive exercise and dieting

This is Money 25 Sep 2018

Losing weight can be a difficult task - but one 24-year-old has proven that you don't need to go to extremes to shed the kilos ... 'What played more on my mind than the number on the scale was the look of my legs,' she said. 'I've never said nice things about my legs because of how big they are....

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German prosthetics company unveils computerized leg brace at Domain headquarters

Community Impact Newspaper 25 Sep 2018

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Group 1 winning jockey Tom Eaves breaks leg in horror fall at Newcastle

The Sun 25 Sep 2018

GROUP 1 winning jockey Tom Eaves suffered a triple-leg break in a fall at Newcastle on Monday evening ... has broken his leg....

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Injured jockey Tom Eaves ruled out for year with broken leg

Sporting Life 25 Sep 2018

Tom Eaves is set for a long spell on the sidelines after breaking his leg in a fall at Newcastle on Monday evening ... "He's broken his leg ... "He's having a full pot on his leg, so it will be a ......

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NJ Transit to pay $10M to woman whose legs were amputated after bus hit her

NJ dot com 25 Sep 2018

The 65-year-old was struck while crossing a street in Newark in May 2016 when a turning NJ Transit bus ran over her legs. A 65-year-old woman who had to have both legs amputated after being run over by a New Jersey Transit bus more ......

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Caroline Flack, 38, displays her super flexibility as she performs a high leg lift while pumping weights in high-octane workout video

This is Money 25 Sep 2018

She's known to be as much of a fitness fanatic as the numerous romantic hopefuls she shepherds into the Love Island villa on an annual basis ... Scroll down for video....

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