What is "leggies"

Usage examples of "leggies".

Macmillan raised the specter of the leggies being followed by "more fearsome creatures" that would terrify the colonists, especially the women and children.

Our defense forces reportedly destroyed three leggies who were 'harassing' the engineering crew.

The leggies, that you seem to believe are 'harmless observers,' are just their advance scouts.

Richard had also anticipated that there would be an opening of some kind in the inner wall, some gate or door through which the leggies must come and go, and that Prince Hal would be small enough to enter the inside of the habitat by the same portal.

Having watched the video recordings of the leggies moving up vertical surfaces on the bulldozer biots at the Avalon survey site, Richard had prepared for this possibility as well.

On the monitor, Richard saw the entire mesh screen swing open and six leggies swarm onto Prince Hal.

One of the leggies was partially obscuring his view, but moments later Richard definitely saw a familiar talon reaching out for Prince Hal.

Richard began squirming around to shake off the leggies and somehow managed to make forward progress.

With the leggies still all over him, he crawled the final meters to the exit.

As he was falling the leggies jumped off and disappeared in the darkness.

He expected the leggies to show up at any minute, but he remained alone.

Later, just before the hallway widened into a major meeting room, Richard stood in the doorway of another chamber and watched with fascination as a pair of leggies did what appeared to be push-ups on the top of a square table.

Thirty seconds later the myrmicat operator caused the machine to withdraw and a pair of leggies scrambled off the belt, folded their long legs around them, and jumped into positions in a box that looked like a gigantic egg carton.