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Definition of Quadrupedal
1. Adjective. Having four feet.
Definition of Quadrupedal
1. a. Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.
Definition of Quadrupedal
1. Adjective. Walking on four feet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quadrupedal
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Quadrupedal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadrupedal
Literary usage of Quadrupedal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"On some of the Uses of the Knees and Elbows (all fours; a la vache; quadrupedal ?)
Position. By FA BURRALL, MD, of New York. EVERY now and then critical ..."
2. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"... aquatic habits—Need for water and means used to procure it—quadrupedal
engineering—The dam of the Beaver—Erroneous ideas of the dam—How the Beaver cuts ..."
3. Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats in the Collection of the by John Edward Gray (1870)
"Section B. quadrupedal. The amis shorter than, or only as long as, the legs.
Walking on all fours. Tail distinct, often elongate, but never prehensile. ..."
4. Indian Tribes of Eastern Peru by William Curtis Farabee (1922)
"They are all digitigrade, quadrupedal, and terrestrial; none of them make use of
an erect posture, and their skeletons are throughout highly specialized ..."
5. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society, Robert Gray Mayne by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society, Robert Gray Mayne (1882)
"They are quadrupedal forms, with prominent muzzles, having the nostrils at its
extremity, cheek pouches, and natal callosities, generally of some bright ..."
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