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 [ˈkwɒdrʊˌpɛd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) an animal, esp a mammal, that has all four limbs specialized for walking

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) having four feet

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

quadrupedal  [kwɒˈdruːpɪd^əl ˌkwɒdrʊˈpɛd^əl] adj

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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 [ˈkwɒdrʊped] N → cuadrúpedo m

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quadruped [ˈkwɒdrʊpɛd] n → quadrupède m

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quadruped

n → Vierfüß(l)er m

adj → vierfüßig

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quadruped [ˈkwɒdrʊˌpɛd] n → quadrupede m

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quadruped [ˈkwɒdrʊˌpɛd] n → quadrupede m

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quadruped

n quadruped [ˈkwodruped]

a four-footed animal An elephant is a quadruped. viervoeter, viervoetige dier رُباعي الأرْجُل четириного čtvernožec firbenet dyr der Vierfüßer τετράποδο cuadrúpedo 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, firbein czworonóg 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