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quadruped

/kwod-roo-ped/US // ˈkwɒd rʊˌpɛd //UK // (ˈkwɒdrʊˌpɛd) //

四足动物,四肢发达,四肢动物,四脚动物

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : four-footed.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an animal, especially a mammal, having four feet.

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Examples

  • There could not, indeed, be stronger evidence that man has descended from a quadruped ancestor.

  • But these species have returned to the quadruped habit, to which the equal length of their limbs adapts them.

  • Variations of this form of punishment are seen in the furca and in the "making a quadruped out of a man."

  • And the wretched lunatic went behind the screen and wheeled out a small wooden quadruped covered with large round spots!

  • The four-handed animals fill up the great chasm between the quadruped and the human species.