quadruped

quad·ru·ped  (kwdr-pd)

n.

A four-footed animal.

adj.

Four-footed: a quadruped mammal.

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quad·rupe·dal (kw-drp-dl, kwdr-pdl) adj.

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quadruped [kwod-roo-ped]

Noun

an animal, esp. a mammal, that has four legs [Latin quadru- four + pes foot]

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quadruped  (kwdr-pd)

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

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quadrupedal adjective (kw-drp-dl, kwdr-pdl)

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

Translations

quadruped [ˈkwɔdrupɛd] n → quadrupède m

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quadruped [ˈkwɔdrupɛd] n → Vierfüßer m

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quadruped [ˈkwɔdrupɛd] n → quadrupede m