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[syn: quadrupedal, quadruped, four-footed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quadruped \Quad"ru*ped\, a. [L. quadrupes, -pedis; quattuor four
+ pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. quadrup[`e]de. See Quadrate,
and Foot.]
Having four feet.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quadruped \Quad"ru*ped\, n. (Zool.)
An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; --
often restricted to the mammals.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quadruped
adj 1: having four feet [syn: quadrupedal, quadruped, four-
footed] [ant: biped, bipedal, two-footed]
n 1: an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized
for walking
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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