Quadruped
11quadruped — [[t]kwɒ̱drʊped[/t]] quadrupeds N COUNT A quadruped is any animal with four legs. [FORMAL] …
12quadruped — [ kwɒdrʊpɛd] noun an animal which has four feet, especially an ungulate mammal. Derivatives quadrupedal pi:d(ə)l, ru:pɪd(ə)l adjective quadrupedalism noun Origin C17: from Fr. quadrupède or L. quadrupes, quadruped , from quadru four + pes, ped… …
13quadruped — quad•ru•ped [[t]ˈkwɒd rʊˌpɛd[/t]] adj. 1) zool. four footed 2) zool. an animal, esp. a mammal, that has four feet • Etymology: 1640–50; < L quadruped , s. of quadrupēs; see quadru , ped quad•ru•pe•dal kwɒˈdru pɪ dl, ˌkwɒd rʊˈpɛd l adj.… …
14Quadruped — Quadrupedie (lat. quadrus vier und pes Fuß) bezeichnet bei landlebenden Wirbeltieren (Tetrapoden) eine vorwiegend auf alle vier Extremitäten gestützte Lebens und Fortbewegungsweise. Dies ist der plesiomorphe Zustand für die Landwirbeltiere, wurde …
15quadruped — noun a) a four footed or four legged animal b) a mammal ambulating on all fours …
16quadruped — A four footed animal. [L. quattuor, four, + pes (ped ), foot] * * * quad·ru·ped kwäd rə .ped n an animal having four feet qua·dru·pe·dal kwä drü pəd əl, .kwäd rə ped adj * * * quad·ru·ped (kwodґroo ped″) [quadri + L. pes foot] 1. four… …
17quadruped — Synonyms and related words: amphibian, aquatic, biped, biquadratic, canine, cannibal, carnivore, cosmopolite, feline, four, four legged, four rayed, foursquare, gnawer, herbivore, insectivore, invertebrate, mammal, mammalian, marsupial,… …
18quadruped — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. four legged animal, domestic animal, mammal; see animal 2 …
19quadruped — quad|ru|ped [ˈkwɔdruped US ˈkwa:drə ] n technical [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: quadrupes, from quadr ( QUADR ) + pes foot ] an animal that has four legs →↑biped …
20quadruped — qua|dru|ped <aus lat. quadrupedus, quadripedus »auf vier Füßen gehend« zu pes, Gen. pedis »Fuß«> vierfüßig (z. B. Lurche, die meisten Säugetiere; Zool.) …
