(in certain arthropods, especially crustaceans) a limb used for walking.
〔动〕（某些节肢动物，尤指甲壳类动物的）步足
Example sentencesExamples
The next four pairs of appendages are the walking legs. These are cylindrical and spiny and increase in size with each pair.
Decapod crustaceans readily autotomize their walking legs and claws in response to injury or predation; lost appendages are regenerated before the next molt.
The second pair of appendages, the pedipalps, resemble walking legs.
Large U. minax males use walking legs or the enlarged claw to capture prey feeding on moist sand flats.
Lobsters have a large segmented tail, five pairs of walking legs and six pairs of small limbs around the mouth to aid in feeding and sensory perception.
Definition of walking leg in US English:
walking leg
noun
Zoology
(in certain arthropods, especially crustaceans) a limb used for walking.
〔动〕（某些节肢动物，尤指甲壳类动物的）步足
Example sentencesExamples
The next four pairs of appendages are the walking legs. These are cylindrical and spiny and increase in size with each pair.
Lobsters have a large segmented tail, five pairs of walking legs and six pairs of small limbs around the mouth to aid in feeding and sensory perception.
The second pair of appendages, the pedipalps, resemble walking legs.
Large U. minax males use walking legs or the enlarged claw to capture prey feeding on moist sand flats.
Decapod crustaceans readily autotomize their walking legs and claws in response to injury or predation; lost appendages are regenerated before the next molt.