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It walks with its three legs.

The 5th Edition Monster Manual gives an image depicting Otyugh locomotion on pg. 8:

Reaching into older editions, the 3.5 Monster Manual contains this description on pg. 204:

The creature shuffles about on three thick, sturdy legs

It walks with its three legs.

The 5th Edition Monster Manual gives an image depicting Otyugh locomotion on pg. 8:

Reaching into older editions, the 3.5 Monster Manual contains this description on pg. 204:

The creature shuffles about on three thick, sturdy legs

Reaching back further still, Dragon Magazine #96 published in April of 1985 has a similar description, in the article "The Ecology of Gulguthra" by Ed Greenwood (pg. 21):

An otyugh's body is lumpy, mottled purple, green, and (primarily) brown, and the creature stumps about on three fat legs of similar appearance.

It walks with its three legs.

The 5th Edition Monster Manual gives an image of a Otyugh running on pg. 8:

Also on page 8, we see the rules for monster speed:

All creatures have a walking speed, simply called the monster’s speed. Creatures that have no form of ground-based locomotion have a walking speed of 0 feet.

We have an image of an Otyugh running and it has a speed of 30 feet, which the 5th Edition rules explicitly call its walking speed. So it walks with three legs.

Reaching into older editions, the 3.5 Monster Manual contains this description on pg. 204:

The creature shuffles about on three thick, sturdy legs

It walks with its three legs.

The 5th Edition Monster Manual gives an image depicting Otyugh locomotion on pg. 8:

Reaching into older editions, the 3.5 Monster Manual contains this description on pg. 204:

The creature shuffles about on three thick, sturdy legs

It walks with its three legs.

The 5th Edition Monster Manual gives an image of a Otyugh running on pg. 8:

Also on page 8, we see the rules for monster speed:

All creatures have a walking speed, simply called the monster’s speed. Creatures that have no form of ground-based locomotion have a walking speed of 0 feet.

We have an image of an Otyugh running and it has a speed of 30 feet, which the rules explicitly call its walking speed. So it walks with three legs.

It walks with its three legs.

The 5th Edition Monster Manual gives an image of a Otyugh running on pg. 8:

Also on page 8, we see the rules for monster speed:

All creatures have a walking speed, simply called the monster’s speed. Creatures that have no form of ground-based locomotion have a walking speed of 0 feet.

We have an image of an Otyugh running and it has a speed of 30 feet, which the 5th Edition rules explicitly call its walking speed. So it walks with three legs.

Reaching into older editions, the 3.5 Monster Manual contains this description on pg. 204:

The creature shuffles about on three thick, sturdy legs