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Definition of Biped
1. Adjective. Having two feet.
2. Noun. An animal with two feet.
Terms within: Animal Leg
Derivative terms: Bipedal
Definition of Biped
1. n. A two-footed animal, as man.
2. a. Having two feet; two- footed.
Definition of Biped
1. Noun. An animal, being or construction that goes about on two feet (or two legs). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biped
1. a two-footed animal [n -S] : BIPEDAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Biped
1. 1. Two-footed. 2. Any animal with only two feet. Origin: bi-+ L. Pes, foot (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biped
Literary usage of Biped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"away man or biped, and the servant may still continue. ... In general, it would
be said that man and biped belonged to the Essence ..."
2. Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming, and Flying, with a Dissertation on by James Bell Pettigrew (1883)
"The tail of the fish, the wing of the bird, and the extremity of the biped and
quadruped, are screws structurally and functionally. In proof of this, ..."
3. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry (1911)
"two of the legs, as referred to in pairs, is denominated a biped. Of the four
points occupied by the feet of the animal while standing at rest, ..."
4. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"An omnivorous biped that wears Breeches. To the eye of Pure Reason what is he ?
A soul, a Spirit, and Divine Apparition. Round his mysterious ME there lies, ..."
5. Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1908)
"An omnivorous biped that wears Breeches. To the eye of Pure Reason what is he ?
A soul, a Spirit, and Divine Apparition. Round his mysterious ME there lies, ..."
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