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tetrapod
tet·ra·pod T0132900 (tĕt′rə-pŏd′)n.1. Any of numerous organisms of the group Tetrapoda, usually characterized as those species that have four limbs with digits and those, such as whales and snakes, that are descended from such species. Tetrapoda includes the amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.2. A vertebrate animal with four feet, legs, or leglike appendages.
tet′ra·pod′ adj.tetrapod (ˈtɛtrəˌpɒd) n1. (Animals) any vertebrate that has four limbs2. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) Also called: caltrop a device consisting of four arms radiating from a central point, each at about 109° to the others, so that regardless of its position on a surface, three arms form a supporting tripod and the fourth is vertical3. (General Engineering) engineering a very large cast concrete structure of a similar shape piled in large numbers round breakwaters and sea defence systems to dissipate the energy of the wavestet•ra•pod (ˈtɛ trəˌpɒd)
n. 1. any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four-limbed ancestors. adj. 2. having four limbs or descended from four-limbed ancestors. [1820–30; < New Latin tetrapodus < Greek tetrapod-, s. of tetrápous four-footed] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | tetrapod - a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendagescraniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or craniumquadruped - an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking |
Translationstetrapod
tetrapod[′te·trə‚päd] (vertebrate zoology) A four-footed animal. tetrapod
tetrapod any vertebrate with two pairs of PENTADACTYL LIMBS.tetrapod
Words related to tetrapodnoun a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendagesRelated Words- craniate
- vertebrate
- quadruped
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