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quadruped

noun
/ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/UK/ˈkwɑdɹəˌpɛd/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷatru- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Proto-Italic *kʷatrupōts Latin quadrupedembor. French quadrupèdebor. English quadruped 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. Doublet of tetrapod.

  1. borrowed from quadrupède

Definitions

  1. A four-footed or four-legged animal.

  2. A mammal ambulating on all fours.

The neighborhood

Derived

quadrupedal, quadrupedalism, quadrupedantic, quadrupedism, quadrupedy

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