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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

quadrupes

-pedis

;

quattuor

four +

pes

pedis

, a foot: cf. F.

quadrupède

. See

, and

Having four feet.

Noun.

(Zool.)

An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; – often restricted to the mammals.

Adj.

[L. quadrupes; quadra, quatuor, four, and pes, foot.] Having four legs and feet.

Noun.

An animal having four legs and feet, as a horse, an ox, a lion, &c.