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Definition of Quadruped

1. Adjective. Having four feet.

2. Noun. An animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking.

Definition of Quadruped

1. a. Having four feet.

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

Definition of Quadruped

1. Noun. a four-footed or four-legged animal ¹

2. Noun. a mammal ambulating on all fours ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quadruped

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Quadruped

1. An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; often restricted to the mammals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadruped

quadroons quadrophonic quadropolar quadropole quadroxide quadroxides quadrumana quadrumane quadrumanes quadrumanous

quadrumvir quadrumvirate quadrumvirates quadrumvirs quadrupartite quadruped (current term) quadrupedal quadrupedalism quadrupedally quadrupeds

quadruphite quadruple quadruple-click quadruple-clicked quadruple-clicking quadruple-clicks quadruple amputation quadruple bluff quadruple double quadruple rhythm

Literary usage of Quadruped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton (1860)
"The notion horse comprehends the notion quadruped; The notion quadruped ... Or as explicated: An animal is a substance; A quadruped is an animal; ..."

2. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"The guanaco is nearly the only warm-blooded quadruped, and it is found in quite inconsiderable numbers compared with the multitude of flies. ..."

3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"L. quali-s, of what sort. four-footed; quadruped-, stem of quadra- ... Here jf stands for guttural as in quack, ie to drink out.of a Quagga, a quadruped. ..."

4. The Poison Fountain by Zachariah Montgomery (1878)
""Pupil—Anything that has four legs. "E—This table has four legs, is it a quadruped ? "P—-Yes, ma'am." Another ran thus: "Examiner—What is a quadruped? ..."

5. The Poison Fountain: Or, Anti-parental Education. Essays and Discussions on by Zachariah Montgomery (1878)
"Ouo conversation ran thus: "Examiner—What is a quadruped? "Pupil—Anything that has four ... "E—This table has four legs, is it a quadruped ? "P—Yes, ma'am. ..."

6. An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia: Being the Substance of the by William Henry Flower (1876)
"... as in the ordinary position of quadruped Mammals The postaxial side is external. G the humerus in the same position as in E, but the fore-arm r. tated, ..."

7. The London Medical Gazette (1843)
"That form of the human female pelvis which I have called the quadruped form ; it is quite common in this country,and I think in Europe generally; ..."

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