Relating to or characteristic of animals with short legs or feet.
From Greek 'brachys' (short) + 'pous' (foot) + '-ine' (characterized by), a zoological descriptor.
Dachshunds, corgis, and badgers are all classic brachypodine animals—their short legs didn't evolve by accident but because being low to the ground was actually useful for hunting in burrows!
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