quadruped
UK/'kwɒdruped/US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
An animal that walks on four feet.
四足动物
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedquadru- (four) + ped (foot) = 'four-footed.' Count the feet: biped has two, quadruped has four, centipede a hundred. The Latin ped lines up with the Latin number prefix.
Root quadru still carries 4 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.large quadruped大型四足动物
- 2.terrestrial quadruped陆生四足动物
- 3.domesticated quadruped驯化的四足动物
Example Sentences
- 1.
Most large land mammals are quadrupeds.
- 2.
The robot was designed to walk like a quadruped.