biped

[bahy-ped]Zoology

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noun

a two-footed animal.

adjective

having two feet.

Origin of biped

1640–50; < Latin biped- (stem of bipēs) two-footed. See bi-¹, -ped

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Related Words for biped

personal, animal, mortal, body, life, character, individual, child, creature, humanoid, anthropoid, biped, hominid, hominoid, being, soul, personage, wight, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous

Examples from the Web for biped

Contemporary Examples of biped

They were elephants, of course, and had been tutored by two biped Russian artists, Alex Melamid and Vitaly Komar.
The Secret Language of Elephants
Bob Simon
December 31, 2009

Historical Examples of biped

As it is, the quadruped will disappear before the biped native.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877
Various
By this time everyone must know that woman, like man, is a biped.
The Arena
Various
He wondered that Dr. Amboyne should have tacked this biped on to him.
Put Yourself in His Place
Charles Reade
What difference to the vampire, whether its victim be a biped or quadruped?
The Forest Exiles
Mayne Reid
His eye is to take in fish, flower, and bird, quadruped and biped.
Excursions and Poems
Henry David Thoreau

British Dictionary definitions for biped

biped

noun

any animal with two feet

adjective Also: bipedal (baɪˈpiːdəl, -ˈpɛdəl)

having two feet

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Word Origin and History for biped

"animal with two feet," 1640s, from Latin bipedem (nominative bipes) "two-footed," as a plural noun, "men;" from bi- "two" (see bi-) + pedem (nominative pes) "foot" (see foot (n.)).

biped in Science

biped

[bī′pĕd′]

An animal having two feet, such as a bird or human.

Related formsbipedal adjective