"knock-kneed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} knock-kneed
  1. (of the legs) Having the knees abnormally close together, and the ankles spread apart. Translations (having knees abnormally close together): piki (Bikol Central), kalveknæet (Danish), x-benen [plural] (Dutch), pihtipolvinen (Finnish), cagneux (French), trenco [masculine] (Galician), crouvexo [masculine] (Galician), zapexo [masculine] (Galician), x-beinig (German), בֶּרֶךְ קְלוּבָה (berekh kluva) [feminine] (Hebrew), varus (english: classical) (Latin), turi haka (Maori), kalvbeint (Norwegian Bokmål), kalvbent (Norwegian Bokmål), kalvbeint (Norwegian Nynorsk), zambo (Spanish), kobent (Swedish), piki (Tagalog), pakid (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-knock-kneed-en-adj--jL7Qjqc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'having knees abnormally close together': 82 18
  2. (of a person or animal) Suffering from genu valgum (or tibia valga). Translations (suffering from genu valgum): pihtipolvinen (Finnish), trenco [masculine] (Galician), zambro [masculine] (Galician), crouvexo [masculine] (Galician), zapexo [masculine] (Galician), carrancholas [masculine] (Galician), befo (Spanish), zambo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-knock-kneed-en-adj-VtkykS0V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'suffering from genu valgum': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: knock knee Coordinate_terms: bow-legged, bandy-legged

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for knock-kneed meaning in English (4.9kB)

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      "sense": "having knees abnormally close together",
      "word": "zambo"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "having knees abnormally close together",
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      "sense": "having knees abnormally close together",
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