quadruped
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupēs (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”). Alternatively analyzable as quadru- + -ped.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]quadruped (plural quadrupeds)
- A four-footed or four-legged animal.
- 2023 February 22, Stephen Roberts, “Reading... between the lines... to Wales”, in RAIL, number 977, page 56:
- Bradshaw knew nothing of the 'wind of change' that was coming in a century's time, so he contented himself with an exposition on the Vale of the White Horse, "deriving its singular denomination from the gigantic carving of that useful quadruped, on a high chalky hill beyond".
- A mammal ambulating on all fours.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]a four-footed or four-legged animal
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-
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- en:Four