Definition of Tetrapod. Meaning of Tetrapod. Synonyms of Tetrapod

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Definition of Tetrapod

Tetrapod
Tetrapod Tet"ra*pod, n. [Gr. ? fourfooted; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.) An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies.

Meaning of Tetrapod from wikipedia

- Tetrapods (/ˈtɛtrəˌpɒdz/; from Ancient Gr**** τετρα- (tetra-) 'four', and πούς (poús) 'foot') are four-limbed vertebrate animals constituting the superclass...
- evolution of tetrapods began about 400 million years ago in the Devonian Period with the earliest tetrapods evolved from lobe-finned fishes. Tetrapods (under...
- up tetrapod in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tetrapod is a four-limbed animal of the superclass Tetrapoda. Tetrapod may also refer to: Tetrapod (structure)...
- A tetrapod is a form of wave-dissipating concrete block used to prevent erosion caused by weather and longs**** drift, primarily to enforce coastal structures...
- about 375 Mya (million years ago), having many features akin to those of tetrapods (four-legged animals). Tiktaalik is estimated to have had a total length...
- sarcopterygians; under a cladistic view, tetrapods are themselves considered a subgroup within Sarcopterygii. The known extant non-tetrapod sarcopterygians include two...
- Polydactyly in stem-tetrapods should here be understood as having more than five digits to the finger or foot, a condition that was the natural state...
- the Isle of Wight. He is founder of the vertebrate palaeozoology blog Tetrapod Zoology, and has written several po****r science books. Naish also makes...
- Several groups of tetrapods have undergone secondary aquatic adaptation, an evolutionary transition from being purely terrestrial to living at least part...
- consisting of tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates) and their closest sarcopterygian relatives that are more closely related to living tetrapods than to living...