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单词 four-footer
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four-footern.

Brit. /ˌfɔːˈfʊtə/, /ˈfɔːˌfʊtə/, U.S. /ˌfɔrˈfʊdər/, /ˈfɔrˌfʊdər/
Etymology: < four adj. + foot n. and int. + -er suffix1.
A creature having four feet; a quadruped.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > quadruped
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quadrupedal1648
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1906 R. Whiteing Ring in New xxxviii. 281 They [sc. tigers] are four-footers, we are two—perhaps that's all the difference.
1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery ii. x. 205 ‘Strange life a dog's,’ said Jolyon suddenly; ‘the only four-footer with rudiments of altruism, and a sense of God!’
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