Definition of quadruped Quadruped
quad•ru•ped
We found 9 definitions of quadruped from 6 different sources.
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What does quadruped mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: quadrupeds |
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| quadruped - an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking | ||
| tetrapod a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages | ||
| forefoot a front foot of a quadruped | ||
| hindfoot a rear foot of a quadruped | ||
| lumbus, loin either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds | ||
| croupe, croup, hindquarters, rump a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing | ||
| haunch the loin and leg of a quadruped | ||
| flank the side between ribs and hipbone | ||
| animal leg the leg of an animal | ||
| hind leg the back limb of a quadruped | ||
| foreleg the forelimb of a quadruped | ||
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Wiktionary 
- quadruped (Noun)
A four-footed or four-legged animal. - quadruped (Noun)
A mammal ambulating on all fours .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- quadruped (a.)
Having four feet. - quadruped (n.)
An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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quadruped
An animal having four legs. -
quadruped
Having four feet.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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quadruped
kwod′rōō-ped, n. a four-footed animal.—adjs. Quad′ruped, -al, having four feet.—n. Quad′rupedism, the state of being a quadruped. [L. quatuor, four, pes, pedis, a foot.]
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🔤- quadruped, noun, singular of quadrupeds.
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