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quadruped
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun quadruped has 1 sense
- quadruped(n = noun.animal) Array - an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking; Array is a kind of tetrapod
has parts: forefoot, hindfoot, loin, lumbus, croup, croupe, hindquarters, rump, haunch, flank, animal leg, hind leg, foreleg
Derived form adjective quadrupedal1
Adjective quadruped has 1 sense
- quadruped(a = adj.all) four-footed, quadrupedal - having four feet; Array Antonym: biped
CIDE DICTIONARY
quadruped, a. [L. quadrupes, -pedis; quattuor four + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. quadrupède. See Quadrate, and Foot.].
Having four feet. [1913 Webster]
quadruped, n.
An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quadruped, n. & adj.
--n. a four-footed animal, esp. a four-footed mammal.
--adj. four-footed.
--n. a four-footed animal, esp. a four-footed mammal.
--adj. four-footed.
Derivative
quadrupedal adj.
Etymology
F quadrup{egrave}de or L quadrupes -pedis f. quadru- var. of QUADRI- + L pes ped- foot
THESAURUS
quadruped
amphibian, aquatic, biped, biquadratic, canine, cannibal, carnivore, cosmopolite, feline, four, four-legged, four-rayed, foursquare, gnawer, herbivore, insectivore, invertebrate, mammal, mammalian, marsupial, marsupialian, omnivore, primate, quadric, quadrilateral, quadrinomial, quadrivalent, quartic, quartile, quaternary, reptile, rodent, ruminant, scavenger, tetractinal, tetrad, tetravalent, ungulate, varmint, vermin, vertebrateROGET THESAURUS
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Animal
N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.
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