Synonyms for quadruped

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kwod-roo-ped

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɒd rʊˌpɛd

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Définition of quadruped

Origin : 1640s, from French quadrupède (16c.), from Latin quadrupes (genitive quadrupedis) "four-footed, on all fours," also, as a noun, "a four-footed animal," from quadri- "four" (see quadri-) + pes "foot" (see foot (n.)). The adjective is attested from 1741. Related: Quadrupedal (1610s).

As in beast : noun large wild animal; brute
As in creature : noun being, beast

Example sentences :

A quadruped (the Splaypes humpidorsus) of great value to the show business.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

The third keeper of the lighthouse is a quadruped called Tricky.
Extract from : « The Monkey That Would Not Kill » by Henry Drummond

There was no evidence that any quadruped had descended the slope.
Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis

There was not one quadruped of any kind to be seen in or about that camp.
Extract from : « Two Arrows » by William O. Stoddard

Was he a quadruped with mane and tail, or an allegory invented to typify destiny?
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

It was not in the nature of a quadruped to be insensible to kindness like this!
Extract from : « The Rambles of a Rat » by A. L. O. E.

As it is, the quadruped will disappear before the biped native.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 » by Various

It was uninhabited, and destitute of every species of quadruped.
Extract from : « The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) » by John West

What difference to the vampire, whether its victim be a biped or quadruped?
Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid

But if they did, I am sure it was a quadruped that reared and bucked and kicked up its heels.
Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton

Antonyms for quadruped

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