Definition of Biped

1. Noun. An animal with two feet.

Generic synonyms: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Terms within: Animal Leg
Derivative terms: Bipedal

2. Adjective. Having two feet.
Exact synonyms: Bipedal, Two-footed
Antonyms: Quadruped, Quadrupedal

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

bipartisanisms
bipartisanly
bipartisanship
bipartisanships
bipartison
bipartite
bipartite uterus
bipartitely
bipartition
bipartitions
bipartizan
biparty
bipaschal
bipectinated
biped (current term)
bipedal
bipedalism
bipedalisms
bipedalities
bipedality
bipedally
bipedicle
bipedicle flap
bipedicular
bipeds
bipeltate
bipennate
bipennate muscle
bipennated

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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