Having short legs or limbs, used in zoological descriptions of animals with relatively reduced leg length.
From Latin 'brevis' (short) + 'ger' (bearing or carrying, from 'gerere'). This zoological descriptor appeared in the 18th century for systematic animal classification.
Dachshunds are beautifully breviger—those stubby legs were specifically bred into them to hunt badgers in underground burrows, making 'short-legged' the actual point!
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