tetrapod

English

Tetrapods (3)

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ -pod. Doublet of quadruped.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɒd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɑd/
• Hyphenation: te‧tra‧pod

Noun

tetrapod (plural tetrapods)

1. Any item with four arms or four feet, such as a light stand, a gun mount, etc.

   Coordinate terms: tripod, bipod

   1. A concrete structure with arms, used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects.
2. A type of vertebrate animal
   1. Any vertebrate with four limbs.
   2. Any member of the superclass Tetrapoda
   3. Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that has evolved from early tetrapods

Hypernyms

• (cladistically) fish
• stegocephalian
• tetrapodomorph

Hyponyms

• batrachomorph
• reptiliomorph

Translations

any vertebrate with four limbs — see quadruped

member of superclass Tetrapoda

• Finnish: nelijalkainen (fi), tetrapodi
• German: Landwirbeltier (de) n
• Korean: 네발동물 (nebaldongmul)
• Polish: czworonóg (pl) m
• Swedish: landryggradsdjur (sv) n

concrete structure

• Bulgarian: тетрапод (tetrapod)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 肉粽角 (zh-min-nan) (bah-chàng-kak)

  Mandarin: 消波塊 / 消波块 (xiāobōkuài)

• Finnish: tetrapodi
• Japanese: 消波ブロック (shōha burokku)
• Portuguese: pé de galinha m, tetrápode (pt) m

Adjective

tetrapod (not comparable)

1. Having four limbs or feet

Synonyms

• four-footed
• tetrapodal
• tetrapodic
• tetrapous

Translations

having four limbs or feet

• Bulgarian: четирикрак (četirikrak)
• Finnish: nelijalkainen (fi)
• French: tétrapode (fr)
• Polish: czworonożny (pl)
• Russian: четвероно́гий (ru) (četveronógij)

See also

• quadruped

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tétrapode. By surface analysis, tetra- +‎ -pod.

Adjective

tetrapod m or n (feminine singular tetrapodă, masculine plural tetrapozi, feminine/neuter plural tetrapode)

1. tetrapod

Declension

Declension of tetrapod

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	tetrapod		tetrapodă		tetrapozi	tetrapode
	definite	tetrapodul		tetrapoda		tetrapozii	tetrapodele
genitive- dative	indefinite	tetrapod		tetrapode		tetrapozi	tetrapode
	definite	tetrapodului		tetrapodei		tetrapozilor	tetrapodelor