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quadrupedal

/kwɑˈdruːpədəl/ /kwɒˈdruːpədəl/

Meanings
adjective
Walking on four feet.

Examples :

"The dog's usual method of movement is quadrupedal. "
animal biology

Related Words

Illustration method

method noun

/ˈmɛθəd/

A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process):

"My mother used the method of baking bread from her grandmother's cookbook. "

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dog noun

/dɑɡ/ /dɒɡ/ /dɔɡ/

A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

"The dog barked all night long."

Illustration of

of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

Illustration s

s noun

/ɛs/

A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).

"The antique scale was so sensitive that it could measure the weight difference between two samples that differed by just one s. "

Illustration movement

movement noun

/ˈmuːv.mənt/

Physical motion between points in space.

"I saw a movement in that grass on the hill."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration feet

feet noun

/fiːt/

A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.

"A spider has eight feet."

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usual noun

/ˈjuːʒʊəl/

The typical state of something, or something that is typical.

"The usual for Sarah on school mornings is getting ready quickly. "

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on verb

/ɒn/ /ɔn/

To switch on

"Can you on the light?"

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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 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."