quadruped

quad·ru·ped

 (kwŏd′rə-pĕd′)

n.

A four-footed animal.

adj.

Variant of quadrupedal.

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quadruped

(ˈkwɒdrʊˌpɛd)

n

(Zoology) an animal, esp a mammal, that has all four limbs specialized for walking

adj

(Zoology) having four feet

[C17: from Latin quadrupēs, from quadru- (see quadri-) + pēs foot]

quadrupedal adj

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quad•ru•ped

(ˈkwɒd rʊˌpɛd)

adj.

1. four-footed.

n.

2. an animal, esp. a mammal, that has four feet.

[1640–50; < Latin quadruped-, s. of quadrupēs; see quadru-, -ped]

quad•ru•pe•dal (kwɒˈdru pɪ dl, ˌkwɒd rʊˈpɛd l) adj.

quad′ru•ped`ism, n.

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quad·ru·ped

(kwŏd′rə-pĕd′)

An animal having four feet, such as most reptiles and mammals.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	quadruped - an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking tetrapod - a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages forefoot - a front foot of a quadruped hindfoot - a rear foot of a quadruped lumbus, loin - either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds croupe, rump, croup, hindquarters - the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks haunch - the loin and leg of a quadruped flank - the side between ribs and hipbone animal leg - the leg of an animal hind leg - the back limb of a quadruped foreleg - the forelimb of a quadruped posteriority - the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end
Adj.	1.	quadruped - having four feet four-footed, quadrupedal biped, bipedal, two-footed - having two feet

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Translations

رُباعي الأرْجُل

čtvernožec

firbenet dyr

Vierfüßer

quadrupède

négylábú

ferfætlingur

quadrupede

keturkojis

četrkājis

firbeinfirbeint dyr

quadrúpede

štvornožec

dört ayaklı

四足动物

quadruped

[ˈkwɒdrʊped] N → cuadrúpedo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

quadruped

[ˈkwɒdrʊpɛd] n → quadrupède m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

quadruped

n → Vierfüß(l)er m

adj → vierfüßig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

quadruped

[ˈkwɒdrʊˌpɛd] n → quadrupede m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

quadruped

(ˈkwodruped) noun

a four-footed animal. An elephant is a quadruped. viervoeter, viervoetige dier رُباعي الأرْجُل четириного quadrúpede čtvernožec der Vierfüßer firbenet dyr τετράποδοcuadrúpedo neljajalgne جانور چهار پا nelijalkainen quadrupède הוֹלֵך עַל אַרבָּע चौपाया četveronožac négylábú binatang berkaki empat ferfætlingur quadrupede ４足獣 네발짐승 keturkojis četrkājis kuadruped viervoetig dier firbeint dyr, firbeinczworonóg څلور بول، څلورپښې quadrúpede patru­ped четвероногое животное štvornožec štirinožec četvoronožni fyrfota djur สัตว์สี่เท้า dört ayaklı (hayvan) 四足動物 чотиринога тварина چوپایہ جانور động vật có bốn chân 四足动物

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