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quadruped

/ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/

Meanings
noun
A four-footed or four-legged animal

Examples :

"The zookeeper carefully observed the quadruped as it munched on its food. "
animal biology

Related Words

Illustration munched

munched verb

/mʌntʃt/

To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed — often used with on.

"Jim was munching on a biscotti."

Illustration carefully

carefully adverb

/ˈkɛːfli/ /ˈkɛɹfli/

Sorrowfully.

"He listened carefully to his mother's concerns, feeling sorrowful about her disappointment. "

Illustration observed

observed verb

/əbˈzɜːvd/ /əbˈzɝvd/

To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.

"From this vantage point we can observe the behavior of the animals in their natural habitat."

Illustration zookeeper

zookeeper noun

/ˈzuˌkipər/

A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.

"The zookeeper fed the giraffes their lunch of fresh leaves. "

Illustration mammal

mammal noun

/ˈmæməl/

An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young.

"The dog is a mammal because it is warm-blooded, has fur, and nurses its puppies. "

Illustration footed

footed verb

/ˈfʊtɪd/

To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).

"The soccer player footed the ball powerfully towards the goal. "

Illustration fours

fours noun

/fɔːrz/ /foʊrz/

The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

"The address of my new house has two fours in it. "

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ambulating verb

/ˈæmbjəˌleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈæmjəˌleɪtɪŋ/

To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.

"Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee."

Illustration four

four noun

/foː/ /fo(ː)ɹ/ /fɔɹ/ /foə/

The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

"My daughter's math homework asks her to write the number four. "

Illustration legged

legged noun

/ˈlɛɡd/

(in combinations) Someone or something having a certain number or type of legs

"Humans are not the only two-leggeds in the world."

Illustration walking

walking verb

/ˈwɔːkɪŋ/ /ˈwɔkɪŋ/

To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

"To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit."

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animal noun

/ˈænɪməl/

In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

"A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants."