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bipedal

/ˌbaɪˈpiːdəl/

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uncommon/ˌbaɪˈpɛdəl/

bipedal adjective: walking on two feet or two legs; biped.

Adjective

bipedal (not comparable)

  1. Walking on two feet or two legs; biped.
    • Initial reports indicate the vessel contains a large number of intelligent bipedal aliens in some form of hibernation.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Preliminary report on alien vessel
  2. Pertaining to a biped.
    • bipedal locomotion

bipedal meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Indonesian

bipedal in Tamil

இருகாலுள்ள, இருகால் உயிரைப்பற்றிய

bipedal in Bengali

pertaining to a biped or two-legged animal, being
দুপেয়ে dupeẏe
having two feet or two legs
দুপেয়ে dupeẏe

bipedal in Indonesian

pertaining to a biped or two-legged animal, being
bipedal
having two feet or two legs
bipedal

Synonyms of bipedal

Origin of bipedal

From biped + -al. By surface analysis, bi- + -pedal.

Words formed from bipedal

Words that rhyme with bipedal

Questions about bipedal

What does bipedal mean?
Bipedal means walking on two feet or two legs; biped.
What is bipedal in Tamil?
Bipedal in Tamil is இருகாலுள்ள, இருகால் உயிரைப்பற்றிய. See Bipedal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bipedal?
Bipedal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bipedal?
Bipedal is pronounced /ˌbaɪˈpiːdəl/.

Words near bipedal in the dictionary

  1. Bipasha
  2. bipaternal
  3. bipectinate
  4. bipectinated
  5. biped
  6. bipedal
  7. bipedalism
  8. bipedality
  9. bipedally
  10. bipedicle
  11. bipedicular

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bipedal (page history and authors); bipedal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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