Definition of quadruped. Meaning of quadruped. Synonyms of quadruped

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Definition of quadruped

Quadruped
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.
Quadruped
Quadruped Quad"ru*ped, n. (Zo["o]l.) An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals.

Meaning of quadruped from wikipedia

- a quadruped actually uses four limbs for locomotion. Not all tetrapods are quadrupeds and not all entities that could be described as ‘quadrupedal’ are...
- Crawling or quadrupedal movement is a method of human locomotion that makes use of all four limbs. It is one of the earliest gaits learned by human infants...
- BigDog is a dynamically stable quadruped military robot that was created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics with Foster-Miller, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
- Equinae is a subfamily of the family Equidae, known from the Hemingfordian stage of the Early Miocene (16 million years ago) onwards. They originated in...
- A paw is the soft foot-like part of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws. The paw is characterised by thin, pigmented, keratinised, hairless...
- about. He wrote acclaimed books including British Zoology, the History of Quadrupeds, Arctic Zoology and Indian Zoology although he never travelled further...
- Martyna; Godlewska, Elzbieta; Schmidt, Joachim; Daun-Gruhn, Silvia (2012). "Quadrupedal gaits in hexapod animals – inter-leg coordination in free-walking adult...
- addition, many such "dogs" have appeared as toys and in fiction. BigDog, quadruped robot created by Boston Dynamics with funding from the Defense Advanced...
- gaining an adult audience for the fine illustrations in A History of Quadrupeds. His career began when he was apprenticed to engraver Ralph Beilby in...
- Withers are the ridge between the shoulder blades of an animal, typically a quadruped. In many species, this ridge is the tallest point of the body. In horses...