Meanings
adjectivefour-footed (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving four feet.
And farther back still in the evolutionary process we may trace [...] the divinisation of four-footed animals and birds and snakes and trees and the like[.]
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 93Synonyms: quadrupedal, tetrapodal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving four feet.
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adjectivehaving four feet
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Translations
Ancient Greek τετράπους
- τετράπους (tetrápous)having four feet
French quadrupède, tétrapode
- quadrupèdehaving four feet
- tétrapodehaving four feet
German vierfüßig
- vierfüßighaving four feet
Italian quadrupede
- quadrupedehaving four feet
Latin quadrupēs
- quadrupēshaving four feet
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APA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “four-footed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-footed.
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