 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
quadruped
adjective: having four feet [syn: {quadrupedal}, {four-footed}] [ant: {bipedal},
{bipedal}]
noun: an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized
for walking
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quadruped \Quad"ru*ped\, noun (Zo["o]l.)
An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; --
often restricted to the mammals.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quadruped \Quad"ru*ped\, adjective [L. quadrupes, -pedis; quattuor four
+ pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. quadrup['e]de. See {Quadrate},
and {Foot}.]
Having four feet.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, vertebrate
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