QUADRUPED


Meaning of QUADRUPED in English

— quadrupedal /kwo drooh"pi dl, kwod'roo ped"l/ , adj. — quadrupedism , n.

/kwod"roo ped'/ , adj.

1. four-footed.

n.

2. an animal, esp. a mammal, having four feet.

[ 1640-50; quadruped- (s. of quadrupes ), equiv. to quadru- QUADRU- + -ped- -PED ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .