Definition of "slender-bodied" []

• Having a slim body (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "These remarkable insects, which have been described by Mr.W. W. Saunders as a new genus, under the name of Elaphomia or deer-flies, are about half an inch long, slender-bodied, and with very long legs, which they draw together so as to elevate their bodies high above the surface they are standing upon."
• "And six pair of slender-bodied, delightful bestowers of bliss"
• "Doubtless, too, there are many skittish Geometrae or slender-bodied moths, and Pyrales, or Pearls, which are easily frightened, the females of which will rush from their places of concealment even before they are prepared to start on the mission of ovipositing."