quadruped
/ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/US/ˈkwɑdɹəˌpɛd/
quadruped noun: a four-footed or four-legged animal.
Noun
quadruped (plural quadrupeds)
- 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".2023 February 22, Stephen Roberts, “Reading... between the lines... to Wales”, in RAIL, number 977, page 56
- A mammal ambulating on all fours.
quadruped meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
quadruped in Tamil
- நாற்கால் விலங்கு, மாடு, தவளை, ஓணான்
quadruped in Urdu
- چوپایا جانور
quadruped in Bengali
- চতুষ্পদ প্রাণী
quadruped in Telugu
- a four-footed or four-legged animal
- చతుష్పదము catuṣpadamu
More languagesFewer languages
- quadruped in Malayalam
- നാല്ക്കാലി മൃഗം
- quadruped in Kannada
- ಚತುಷ್ಪಾದಿ, ನಾಲ್ಕು ಕಾಲಿನ ಪ್ರಾಣಿ
- quadruped in Punjabi
- ਚੁਪਾਇਆ cupāiā
- quadruped in Gujarati
- ચોપગું copgũ
- quadruped in Sanskrit
- चतुष्पद् catuṣpad
- quadruped in Tagalog
- hayop na aapating-paa
- quadruped in Persian
- چهارپا čahârpâ
- quadruped in Thai
- สัตว์สี่เท้า, จตุบท
Synonyms of quadruped
Forms of quadruped
| plural | quadrupeds |
|---|---|
| alternative misspelling | quadriped |
| alternative misspelling | quadraped |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from quadruped
Questions about quadruped
- What does quadruped mean?
- Quadruped means a four-footed or four-legged animal.
- What is quadruped in Tamil?
- Quadruped in Tamil is நாற்கால் விலங்கு, மாடு, தவளை. See Quadruped meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is quadruped?
- Quadruped is a noun.
- How do you pronounce quadruped?
- Quadruped is pronounced /ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of quadruped?
- The plural of quadruped is quadrupeds.
Words near quadruped in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: quadruped (page history and authors); quadruped (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quadruped (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quadruped (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quadruped (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quadruped (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ચોપગું (Gujarati) (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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