Quadruped

Definition of quadruped:

part of speech: noun

A four footed animal.

part of speech: adjective

Quadrupedal.

part of speech: adjective

Having four feet.

part of speech: adjective

Fourfooted.

Usage examples for quadruped:

• You say the cross is a quadruped with one limb longer than the rest. "The Ball and The Cross", G.K. Chesterton.

• I shall now say something about the pig which is my favourite annimal- The pig is a quadruped Sometimes he is male in which case he is called a hog. "The Cock-House at Fellsgarth", Talbot Baines Reed.

• It had been a strain to pass up the juicy little quadruped in the cage, but the inhabitants of the other world seemed shy, and the Harn did not wish to frighten them. "Cat and Mouse", Ralph Williams.

• This rogue approached faithful Jowler- so we were told long afterward- not in an upright way, but as if he had been a brother quadruped "Erema My Father's Sin", R. D. Blackmore.