What is "shortlegged"

Usage examples of "shortlegged".

He ran with shortlegged, pegging steps for the green coupé, dived into it.

Then he and Persellan, who was dressed in shortlegged pants and had put what he needed out of his healer’s bag in a small pouch slung over one shoulder, waded out to meet the incoming sea creatures.

Then he and Persellan, who was dressed in shortlegged pants and had put what he needed out of his healer's bag in a small pouch slung over one shoulder, waded out to meet the incoming sea creatures.

Bulky, shortlegged, long-armed, stub-tailed bipeds, they had three eyes but flat beakless countenances.

The one in front was a heavy, shortlegged tomcat with yellow eyes and fur as black as night.