tetrapod
adjEtymology From tetra- + -pod. Doublet of quadruped.
1
Having four limbs or feet
- Synonyms
- four-footed, tetrapodal, tetrapodic, tetrapous
- Related terms
- quadruped
tetrapod
nounUK /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɒd/ · US /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɑd/
Etymology From tetra- + -pod. Doublet of quadruped.
1
Any item with four arms or four feet, such as a light stand, a gun mount, etc.
2
A concrete structure with arms, used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects.
› A type of vertebrate animal
3
Any vertebrate with four limbs.
4
Any member of the superclass Tetrapoda
5
Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that has evolved from early tetrapods
- Derived terms
- fishapod, nontetrapod, prototetrapod
- Hypernyms
- fish, stegocephalian, tetrapodomorph
- Hyponyms
- batrachomorph, reptiliomorph