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1. (n.) tetrapod
any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four-limbed ancestors.
2. (adj.) tetrapod
having four limbs or descended from four-limbed ancestors.
Etymology: (1820–30; < NL tetrapodus < Gk tetrapod-, s. of tetrápous four-footed)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tetrapod
a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tetrapod
an insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies
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