quadruped

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:24:57

Quad"ru*ped (?), a. [L. quadrupes, -pedis; quattuor four + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. quadrupede. See Quadrate, and Foot.]

Having four feet.

 

© Webster 1913.

Quad"ru*ped, n. Zool.

An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals.

 

© Webster 1913.

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