Meanings
nountetrapod (plural tetrapods)
plural tetrapods
- Any item with four arms or four feet, such as a light stand, a gun mount, etc.
- A concrete structure with arms, used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects.
- A type of vertebrate animal
- Any vertebrate with four limbs.
- Any member of the superclass Tetrapoda
- Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that has evolved from early tetrapods
adjectivetetrapod (not comparable)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving four limbs or feet
Narrower
Also see
Origin
From tetra- + -pod. Doublet of quadruped.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian тетрапод, четирикрак
- тетрапод (tetrapod)concrete structure
- четирикрак (četirikrak)having four limbs or feet
Chinese Mandarin 消波塊 /消波块
- 消波塊 /消波块 (xiāobōkuài)concrete structure
Finnish tetrapodi, nelijalkainen
- tetrapodiconcrete structure
- nelijalkainenmember of superclass Tetrapoda
- tetrapodimember of superclass Tetrapoda
- nelijalkainenhaving four limbs or feet
French tétrapode
- tétrapodehaving four limbs or feet
German Landwirbeltier
- Landwirbeltiermember of superclass Tetrapoda
Japanese 消波ブロック
- 消波ブロック (shōha burokku)concrete structure
Korean 네발동물
- 네발동물 (nebaldongmul)member of superclass Tetrapoda
Polish gwiazdoblok, jeż betonowy
- gwiazdoblokconcrete structure
- jeż betonowyconcrete structure
- czworonógmember of superclass Tetrapoda
- czworonożnyhaving four limbs or feet
Portuguese pé de galinha, tetrápode
- pé de galinhaconcrete structure
- tetrápodeconcrete structure
Russian четвероно́гий
- четвероно́гий (četveronógij)having four limbs or feet
Spanish tetrápodo, tetrápodo
- tetrápodoany vertebrate with four limbs
- tetrápodohaving four limbs or feet
Swedish landryggradsdjur
- landryggradsdjurmember of superclass Tetrapoda
Cite this entry
APA
tetrapod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetrapod
MLA
“tetrapod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetrapod. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tetrapod,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetrapod.
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