quadruped

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Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
25
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/
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/ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/ · /ˈkwɑdɹəˌpɛd/

Definition of quadruped

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A four-footed or four-legged animal.
    “Bradshaw knew nothing of the 'wind of change' that was coming in a century's time, so he contented himself with an exposition on the Vale of the White Horse, "deriving its singular denomination from the gigantic carving of that useful quadruped, on a high chalky hill beyond".”
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noun

  1. A four-footed or four-legged animal.
    “Bradshaw knew nothing of the 'wind of change' that was coming in a century's time, so he contented himself with an exposition on the Vale of the White Horse, "deriving its singular denomination from the gigantic carving of that useful quadruped, on a high chalky hill beyond".”
  2. A mammal ambulating on all fours.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷatru- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Proto-Italic *kʷatrupōts Latin quadrupedembor. French quadrupèdebor. English quadruped Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷatru- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Proto-Italic *kʷatrupōts Latin quadrupedembor. French quadrupèdebor. English quadruped 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. Doublet of tetrapod.

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