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Quadruped

//ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd// noun

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Adjective

1
having four feet wordnet

Noun

1
A four-footed or four-legged animal.
"Bradshaw knew nothing of the 'wind of change' that was coming in a century's time, so he contented himself with an exposition on the Vale of the White Horse, "deriving its singular denomination from the gigantic carving of that useful quadruped, on a high chalky hill beyond"."
2
an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking wordnet
3
A mammal ambulating on all fours.

Etymology

Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupēs (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”). Alternatively analyzable as quadru- + -ped. Doublet of tetrapod.

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