quadrupedal
IPA: kwɑdrˈupˈɛdʌɫ
adjective
- Walking on four feet.
Examples of "quadrupedal" in Sentences
- And of course, wherever you go out of doors, your quadrupedal pal can follow.
- Chimpanzees, which are mostly quadrupedal, do not show these vertebral adaptations.
- Food for myself and the various quadrupedal residents of my house has been procured.
- While still quadrupedal omnivores, the range of body types and sizes among dogs is extraordinary.
- They are often seen mocking the second group, which treats their dogs as quadrupedal, slobbery people.
- Now we have the possibility that the chimps and gorillas may actually be on their way from a bipedal ancestor to a quadrupedal descendant!
- The sight of the armored, snorting, quadrupedal intruder, eyes bloodshot and nostrils flaring in the moonlight, gave even the belligerent Krasvin pause.
- Could anyone really believe that a quadrupedal animal would give birth to an animal with three limbs, one of which was a leg adapted for bipedalism, and then have to wait to fro the second leg to ‘evolve’ whatever that would mean in that context?