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- [kwod-roo-ped]
- /ˈkwɒd rʊˌpɛd/
- /ˈkwɒd.rʊ.ped/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kwod-roo-ped]
- /ˈkwɒd rʊˌpɛd/
Definitions of quadruped word
- adjective quadruped four-footed. 1
- noun quadruped an animal, especially a mammal, having four feet. 1
- noun quadruped An animal that has four feet, especially an ungulate mammal. 1
- noun quadruped four-legged animal 1
- countable noun quadruped A quadruped is any animal with four legs. 0
- noun quadruped an animal, esp a mammal, that has all four limbs specialized for walking 0
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Origin of quadruped
First appearance:
before 1640 One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50; < Latin quadruped- (stem of quadrupēs), equivalent to quadru- quadru- + -ped- -ped
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Parts of speech for Quadruped
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quadruped popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for quadruped
noun quadruped
- animal — An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- tetrapod — any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four-limbed ancestors.
- beast — You can refer to an animal as a beast, especially if it is a large, dangerous, or unusual one.
- being — Being is the present participle of be1.
- critter — A critter is a living creature.
Antonyms for quadruped
noun quadruped
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- inanimate — not animate; lifeless.
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