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quadruped
[ kwod-roo-ped ]
noun
- an animal, especially a mammal, having four feet.
quadruped
/ ˌkwɒdrʊˈpɛdəl; ˈkwɒdrʊˌpɛd; kwɒˈdruːpɪdəl /
noun
- an animal, esp a mammal, that has all four limbs specialized for walking
adjective
- having four feet
quadruped
- An animal having four feet, such as most reptiles and mammals.
Derived Forms
- quadrupedal, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ܲ···岹 [kwo-, droo, -pi-dl, kwod-r, oo, -, ped, -l], adjective
- ܲ۳·i noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of quadruped1
Word History and Origins
Origin of quadruped1
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Example Sentences
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.
Some correspond to familiar gaits of quadrupeds, such as walking, trotting, or hopping.
"It is very curious thus having a quadruped peculiar to so small a tract of country."
"This is a critical part when designing hardware because the current quadruped robots don't last for two hours."
To test this hypothesis, they used DRL to train a quadruped robot to cross various terrains.
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