Quadruped synonyms

kwŏd'rə-pĕd'

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four-legged animal
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domestic animal
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quadrupedal (related)
Walking on four feet.
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mammal
Any of a large class (Mammalia) of warmblooded, usually hairy vertebrates whose offspring are fed with milk secreted by the female mammary glands
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animal (related)
The definition of an animal is a member of the kingdom Animalia, and is typically characterized by a multicellular body, specialized sense organs, voluntary movement, responses to factors in the environment and the ability to acquire and digest food.
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tetrapod
Any of numerous organisms of the group Tetrapoda, usually characterized as those species that have four limbs with digits and those, such as whales and snakes, that are descended from such species. Tetrapoda includes the amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
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four-footed
Having four feet; quadruped
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biped (antonym)
An animal having two feet, such as a bird or human.
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hoofed (related)
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tailless (related)
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pterosaur (related)
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marsupial (related)
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theropod (related)
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wild-goat (related)
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long-bodied (related)
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Find another word for quadruped. In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for quadruped, like: four-legged animal, domestic animal, quadrupedal, mammal, animal, tetrapod, four-footed, biped, hoofed, tailless and pterosaur.
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Quadruped Sentence Examples

  • I saw neither bird, quadruped, reptile, nor insect."

  • The word "animal" is defined as meaning "any domestic animal" of whatever kind or species, and whether a quadruped or not.

  • Mammals are few in species, but remarkable, especially Macacus niger, an ape found nowhere else but in Bachian; Anoa depressicornis, a small ox-like quadruped which inhabits the mountainous districts; and the babirusa or pig-deer of the Malays.

  • The Turkoman horse of Khorasan and the Atak is a large, bony and clumsy-looking quadruped, with marvellous power and endurance.

  • The timid viscacha (Lagostomus trichodactylus), living in colonies, often with the burrowing owl, and digging deep under ground like the American prairie dog, was almost the only quadruped to be seen upon these immense open plains.

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