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Tetrapod

//ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɒd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having four limbs or feet not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    Any item with four arms or four feet, such as a light stand, a gun mount, etc.
  2. 2
    a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages wordnet
  3. 3
    Any item with four arms or four feet, such as a light stand, a gun mount, etc.; A concrete structure with arms, used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects.
  4. 4
    A type of vertebrate animal; Any vertebrate with four limbs.
  5. 5
    A type of vertebrate animal; Any member of the superclass Tetrapoda
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  1. 6
    A type of vertebrate animal; Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that has evolved from early tetrapods

Etymology

Etymology 1

From tetra- + -pod. Doublet of quadruped.

Etymology 2

From tetra- + -pod. Doublet of quadruped.

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