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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 [kwɒˈdruːpɪdəl ˌkwɒdrʊˈpɛdəl] adj
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Translations 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The cows jumped wildly over the five-barred barton-gate, maddened by the gad-fly; Dairyman Crick kept his shirt-sleeves permanently rolled up from Monday to Saturday; open windows had no effect in ventilation without open doors, and in the dairy-garden the blackbirds and thrushes crept about under the currant-bushes, rather in the manner of quadrupeds than of winged creatures. Pickwick, as the tall quadruped evinced a decided inclination to back into the coffee-room window. It was a magnificent sea-otter, an enhydrus, the only exclusively marine quadruped. |
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