quadruped

4 definitions found

quadruped - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

  Quadruped \Quad"ru*ped\, n. (Zool.)
     An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; --
     often restricted to the mammals.
     [1913 Webster]

quadruped - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  quadruped
      adj 1: having four feet [syn: quadrupedal, quadruped, four-  footed
             ] [ant: biped, bipedal, two-footed]
      n 1: an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized
           for walking

quadruped - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "quadruped":
     amphibian, aquatic, biped, biquadratic, canine, cannibal,
     carnivore, cosmopolite, feline, four, four-legged, four-rayed,
     foursquare, gnawer, herbivore, insectivore, invertebrate, mammal,
     mammalian, marsupial, marsupialian, omnivore, primate, quadric,
     quadrilateral, quadrinomial, quadrivalent, quartic, quartile,
     quaternary, reptile, rodent, ruminant, scavenger, tetractinal,
     tetrad, tetravalent, ungulate, varmint, vermin, vertebrate