quadruped
noun/ˈkwɒdruped/
/ˈkwɑːdruped/
(specialist)- any creature with four feet compare bipedWord Originmid 17th cent.: from French quadrupède or Latin quadrupes, quadruped-, from quadru- ‘four’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’.
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