tetrapod

tet·ra·pod  (ttr-pd)

adj.

Having four feet, legs, or leglike appendages.

n.

A vertebrate animal with four feet, legs, or leglike appendages.

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tetra·pod n.

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tetrapod [ˈtɛtrəˌpɒd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any vertebrate that has four limbs

2. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) Also called caltrop a device consisting of four arms radiating from a central point, each at about 109° to the others, so that regardless of its position on a surface, three arms form a supporting tripod and the fourth is vertical

3. (Engineering / General Engineering) Engineering a very large cast concrete structure of a similar shape piled in large numbers round breakwaters and sea defence systems to dissipate the energy of the waves

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tetrapod  (ttr-pd)

1. Having four feet, legs, or leglike appendages.

2. Any of various mostly terrestrial vertebrates that breathe air with lungs. Most tetrapods have two pairs of limbs, though some, such as whales and snakes, have lost one or both pairs. Tetrapods include the amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and various extinct groups, and evolved from lobe-finned fish during the late Devonian Period. Tetrapods are classified according to the structure of their skull into anapsids, diapsids, and synapsids.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tetrapod - a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium quadruped - an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking

Translations

tetrapod

n → Tetrapode m (spec), → Vierfüßer m