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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The Richmond Register 17 Oct 2018

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Penguins D Schultz out 4 months with fractured left leg

St Louis Post-Dispatch 16 Oct 2018

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Holly Madison hits gym in Los Angeles in Mario character shirt and black leggings after ...

The Daily Mail 16 Oct 2018

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Sarah Hyland flashes skin while rocking patterned leggings with a sports bra and jacket for workout

The Daily Mail 16 Oct 2018

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Penguins D Justin Schultz Out Four Months With Fractured Left Leg

Sports Illustrated 16 Oct 2018

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz will miss the next four months because of a fractured left leg. Schultz injured the leg in the first period ......

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Pens' Schultz out 4 months with fractured left leg

The Sharon Herald 16 Oct 2018

... defenseman Justin Schultz will miss the next four months because of a fractured left leg....

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Holly Madison hits gym in Los Angeles in Mario character shirt and black leggings after recent split

This is Money 16 Oct 2018

Holly also wore tight black leggings and had a striped sweatshirt wrapped around her waist. Gym session ... ....

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Sarah Hyland flashes skin while rocking patterned leggings with a sports bra and jacket for workout in LA

This is Money 16 Oct 2018

And on Monday, Modern Family star Sarah Hyland did not disappoint while heading to the gym while rocking bold leggings with a sports bra and jacket....

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Kaia Gerber, 17, teases SECOND tattoo on her leg... just days after getting her first

The Daily Mail 16 Oct 2018

Despite being underage, Kaia Gerber showed off her first tattoo on Thursday, and now it seems she already has a second tattoo on the inside of her right leg, which she teased on Instagram ... ....

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Man loses leg after 'trying to kill son with chainsaw'

Skynews 16 Oct 2018

A US man who allegedly tried to kill his son with a chainsaw has had his leg amputated after being run over by a lawnmower ... ....

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EJ Johnson flaunts his toned legs and midriff in PVC mini skirt and plunging Fendi crop-top in LA

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