bird legs

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A page from Saar’s sketchbook matter-of-factly lists the other elements: black fan coral; vintage glass bottle; black torso, black bird legs; toy tin alligator.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2019

At least, he thought, he did not have bird legs like his father, whose limbs were so storklike that they were a running family joke.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2015

He told The Times’s Mark Leibovich, “I want to keep him very happy and very friendly” and warned, “I’m afraid the bird legs will be unveiled one more time.”

From New York Times • May 15, 2015

Illustration compares a human arm, dog and bird legs, and a whale flipper.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

They reared up on their back legs and whinnied and flapped their wings at each other until the smaller one galloped away, its rear bird legs putting a little hop in its step.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan