quadrupedally
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
quadrupedal + -ly
Adverb[edit]
quadrupedally (not comparable)
- In the manner of an animal that walks on four feet or four legs.
- 1962, R. C. Snyder, “Adaptations for Bipedal Locomotion of Lizards”, in American Zoologist, volume 2, number 2, page 192:
- The basic pattern of limb action in quadrupedally running lizards is the trot, in which body support is maintained by diagonally opposite limbs.
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Translations[edit]
in the manner of a quadruped
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