NOUN | animal | quadruped | an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking |
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ADJECTIVE | all | quadruped, quadrupedal, four-footed | having four feet |
Meaning | Having four feet. | |
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Synonyms | quadrupedal, four-footed | |
Opposite | bipedal, biped, two-footed | Having two feet |
Spanish | cuadrúpedo | |
Catalan | quadrúpede |
Meaning | An animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking. | |
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Category of | posteriority | The quality of being toward the back / back or toward the rear end |
Parts | animal leg | The leg of an animal |
flank | The side between ribs and hipbone | |
forefoot | A front foot of a quadruped | |
foreleg | The forelimb of a quadruped | |
haunch | The loin and leg of a quadruped | |
hind leg | The back limb of a quadruped | |
hindfoot | A rear foot of a quadruped | |
hindquarters, croup, croupe, rump | The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks | |
loin, lumbus | Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds | |
Broader | tetrapod | A vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages |
Spanish | cuadrúpedo | |
Catalan | quadrúpede | |
Adjectives | quadrupedal | having four feet |
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