quadruped

English

Etymology

From French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupes (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkwɒdruped/

Noun

quadruped (plural quadrupeds)

1. a four-footed or four-legged animal
2. a mammal ambulating on all fours

Translations

a four-footed or four-legged animal

• Armenian: չորքոտանի (hy) (čʿorkʿotani)
• Dutch: viervoeter m
• Finnish: nelijalkainen (fi)
• French: quadrupède (fr) m
• German: Vierfüßer (de) m, Vierfüßerin (de) f, Vierfüßler (de) m, Vierfüßlerin (de) f, Quadrupede (de) m
• Icelandic: ferfætlingur (is) m

• Navajo: naaldlooshii
• Russian: четвероногое (ru) (četveronógoje) n (живо́тное)
• Spanish: cuadrúpedo (es) m
• Telugu: చతుష్పదము (te) (chatush-padamu)
• Tocharian B: śwerppewä
• Volapük: (male or female) folfutaf (vo), (male) hifolfutaf (vo), (female) jifolfutaf (vo), (male or female) follögaf (vo), (male) hifollögaf (vo), (female) jifollögaf (vo)

Derived terms

• quadrupedal

See also

• biped
• Tetrapoda