quadruped

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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
    
from The 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]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Quadruped \Quad"ru*ped\, n. (Zool.)
   An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; --
   often restricted to the mammals.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from 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

    

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