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quadruped

American  
[kwod-roo-ped] / ˈkwɒd rʊˌpɛd /

adjective

  1. four-footed.

noun

  1. an animal, especially a mammal, having four feet.

quadruped British  
/ ˌkwɒdrʊˈpɛdəl, ˈkwɒdrʊˌpɛd, kwɒˈdruːpɪdəl /

noun

  1. an animal, esp a mammal, that has all four limbs specialized for walking

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adjective

  1. having four feet

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
quadruped Scientific  
/ kwŏd′rə-pĕd′ /

  1. An animal having four feet, such as most reptiles and mammals.

Other Word Forms

  • quadrupedal adjective
  • quadrupedism noun

Etymology

Origin of quadruped

1640–50; < Latin quadruped- (stem of quadrupēs ), equivalent to quadru- quadru- + -ped- -ped

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They discovered that the length of the rods between the puppeteer and the puppet resulted in small, unpredictable variations in the way the fictional quadruped moved.

From Los Angeles Times

Some correspond to familiar gaits of quadrupeds, such as walking, trotting, or hopping.

From Science Daily

"It is very curious thus having a quadruped peculiar to so small a tract of country."

From Salon

"This is a critical part when designing hardware because the current quadruped robots don't last for two hours."

From Science Daily

To test this hypothesis, they used DRL to train a quadruped robot to cross various terrains.

From Science Daily

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