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quadruped

[ kwod-roo-ped ]

adjective



noun

  1. an animal, especially a mammal, having four feet.

quadruped

/ ˌkwɒdrʊˈpɛdəl; ˈkwɒdrʊˌpɛd; kwɒˈdruːpɪdəl /

noun

  1. an animal, esp a mammal, that has all four limbs specialized for walking
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. having four feet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

quadruped

  1. An animal having four feet, such as most reptiles and mammals.
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Derived Forms

  • quadrupedal, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ···岹 [kwo-, droo, -pi-dl, kwod-r, oo, -, ped, -l], adjective
  • ܲ۳·i noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quadruped1

1640–50; < Latin quadruped- (stem of ܱܲŧ ), equivalent to quadru- quadru- + -ped- -ped
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quadruped1

C17: from Latin ܱܲŧ, from quadru- (see quadri- ) + ŧ foot
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Example Sentences

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They discovered that the length of the rods between the puppeteer and the puppet resulted in small, unpredictable variations in the way the fictional quadruped moved.

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Some correspond to familiar gaits of quadrupeds, such as walking, trotting, or hopping.

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"It is very curious thus having a quadruped peculiar to so small a tract of country."

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"This is a critical part when designing hardware because the current quadruped robots don't last for two hours."

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To test this hypothesis, they used DRL to train a quadruped robot to cross various terrains.

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