quadruped

Signification (Anglais)

1. A four-footed or four-legged animal.
2. A mammal ambulating on all fours.

Concepts

quadrupède

tétrapode

Synonymes

quadrupedal

four-footed

animal

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beast

four-legged

four-legged animal

animal having four feet

tetrapod

domestic animal

four-footed animal

Traductions

cuadrúpedo

quadrupede

quadrúpede

Vierfüßer

τετράποδο

Vierfüßler

Vierbeiner

quadrúpede

viervoeter

vierfüßig

رباعي الأرجل

vierbeinig

τετράποδος

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupēs (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”). Alternatively analyzable as quadru- + -ped.