QUADRUPED


Meaning of QUADRUPED in English

n. & adj.

n. a four-footed animal, esp. a four-footed mammal.

adj. four-footed. quadrupedal adj.

[ F quadrupède or L quadrupes -pedis f. quadru- var. of QUADRI- + L pes ped- foot ]

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