"quadruped" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quadruped.wav [Southern-England] Forms: quadrupeds [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupēs (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”). Alternatively analyzable as quadru- + -ped. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ped-}}, {{bor|en|fr|quadrupède}} French quadrupède, {{uder|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|quadrupēs||four-footed, a four-footed animal}} quadrupēs (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), {{m|la|quadri-||four-}} quadri- (“four-”), {{m|la|pes||foot}} pes (“foot”), {{confix|en|quadri|ped|alt1=quadru}} quadru- + -ped Head templates: {{en-noun}} quadruped (plural quadrupeds)
  1. A four-footed or four-legged animal. Translations (a four-footed or four-legged animal): τετράπουν (tetrápoun) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), չորքոտանի (čʿorkʿotani) (Armenian), чатырохно́гае (čatyroxnóhaje) [neuter] (Belarusian), pevarzroadeg [masculine] (Breton), четириного (četirinogo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), quadrúpede [masculine] (Catalan), 四足動物 (Chinese Mandarin), 四足动物 (sìzú dòngwù) (english: animal) (Chinese Mandarin), 四足類 (Chinese Mandarin), 四足类 (sìzúlèi) (Chinese Mandarin), čtyřnožec [masculine] (Czech), firbenet dyr (Danish), viervoeter [masculine] (Dutch), kvarpiedulo (Esperanto), nelijalkainen (Finnish), quadrupède [masculine] (French), tétrapode [masculine] (French), cuadrupedi [masculine] (Friulian), cuadrúpede [masculine] (Galician), ოთხფეხა (otxpexa) (Georgian), ოთხფეხა ცხოველი (otxpexa cxoveli) (Georgian), Vierfüßer [masculine] (German), Vierfüßerin [feminine] (German), Vierfüßler [masculine] (German), Vierfüßlerin [feminine] (German), Quadrupeder [masculine] (German), Quadrupede [feminine] (German), Vierbeiner [masculine] (German), négylábú (Hungarian), ferfætlingur [masculine] (Icelandic), quadrupede [masculine] (Italian), 四肢動物 (shishi dōbutsu) (alt: ししどうぶつ) (Japanese), төртаяқты (törtaäqty) (Kazakh), ສັດສີ່ຕີນ (sat sī tīn) (Lao), quadrupēs [feminine, masculine] (Latin), kīrehe (Maori), naaldlooshii (Navajo), چهارپا (čahârpâ) (Persian), czworonóg [animate, masculine] (Polish), quadrúpede [masculine] (Portuguese), ਚੁਪਾਇਆ (cupāiā) [masculine] (Punjabi), четвероно́гое (alt: живо́тное) [neuter] (Russian), тетрапо́д (tɛtrapód) [masculine] (Russian), चतुष्पद् (catuṣpad) [masculine, neuter] (Sanskrit), တူဝ်သီႇတိ်ၼ် (Shan), cuadrúpedo [masculine] (Spanish), tetrápodo [masculine] (Spanish), fyrfotadjur [neuter] (Swedish), tetrapod [common-gender] (Swedish), fyrfoting [common-gender] (Swedish), hayop na aapating-paa (Tagalog), дубора (dubora) (Tajik), చతుష్పదము (catuṣpadamu) (Telugu), สัตว์สี่เท้า (Thai), จตุบท (Thai), śwerppewä (Tocharian B), dört ayaklı (Turkish), dört ayaklı hayvan (Turkish), чотирино́ге (čotyrynóhe) [neuter] (Ukrainian), toʻrt barobar (Uzbek), follögaf (Volapük), pedwartroedyn [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-quadruped-en-noun-H-bCxwNk Disambiguation of 'a four-footed or four-legged animal': 96 4
  2. A mammal ambulating on all fours. Categories (topical): Four
    Sense id: en-quadruped-en-noun-v3cfZFIB Disambiguation of Four: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with quadri-, English terms suffixed with -ped, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with quadri-: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ped: 29 71 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tetrapod Derived forms: quadrupedal, quadrupedalism, quadrupedism, quadrupedy Related terms: biped, Tetrapoda

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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        },
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          "lang": "Friulian",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "otxpexa",
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        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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        },
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          "word": "Vierbeiner"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "tetrápoun",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "τετράπουν"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "négylábú"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ferfætlingur"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "alt": "ししどうぶつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shishi dōbutsu",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "四肢動物"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "törtaäqty",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "төртаяқты"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sat sī tīn",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "ສັດສີ່ຕີນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quadrupēs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "kīrehe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "naaldlooshii"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "čahârpâ",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "چهارپا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "animate",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "czworonóg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quadrúpede"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "cupāiā",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ਚੁਪਾਇਆ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "alt": "живо́тное",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "четвероно́гое"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tɛtrapód",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тетрапо́д"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "catuṣpad",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "चतुष्पद्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "တူဝ်သီႇတိ်ၼ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cuadrúpedo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tetrápodo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fyrfotadjur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tetrapod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fyrfoting"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "hayop na aapating-paa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "dubora",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "дубора"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "catuṣpadamu",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "చతుష్పదము"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "สัตว์สี่เท้า"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "จตุบท"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "śwerppewä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "dört ayaklı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "word": "dört ayaklı hayvan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čotyrynóhe",
          "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "чотирино́ге"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
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      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      "roman": "sìzú dòngwù",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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    {
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      "roman": "sìzúlèi",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      "word": "čtyřnožec"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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    },
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      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "kvarpiedulo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "nelijalkainen"
    },
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      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      "word": "cuadrupedi"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cuadrúpede"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "otxpexa",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "ოთხფეხა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "otxpexa cxoveli",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "ოთხფეხა ცხოველი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Vierfüßer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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    {
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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    },
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      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      "word": "τετράπουν"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "négylábú"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ferfætlingur"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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      ],
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      "alt": "ししどうぶつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shishi dōbutsu",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "四肢動物"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "törtaäqty",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "төртаяқты"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sat sī tīn",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "ສັດສີ່ຕີນ"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "kīrehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "naaldlooshii"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čahârpâ",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "چهارپا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czworonóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quadrúpede"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "cupāiā",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਚੁਪਾਇਆ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "живо́тное",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "четвероно́гое"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tɛtrapód",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тетрапо́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "catuṣpad",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "चतुष्पद्"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "တူဝ်သီႇတိ်ၼ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuadrúpedo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tetrápodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fyrfotadjur"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tetrapod"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fyrfoting"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "hayop na aapating-paa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "dubora",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "дубора"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "catuṣpadamu",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "చతుష్పదము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "สัตว์สี่เท้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "จตุบท"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "śwerppewä"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "dört ayaklı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "dört ayaklı hayvan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čotyrynóhe",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чотирино́ге"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "toʻrt barobar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "word": "follögaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a four-footed or four-legged animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pedwartroedyn"
    }
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